Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 414

To Edward Bates1Jump to section

Hon. Attorney General. War Department
Dear Sir Washington City, Aug. 27 1863

Please make out and send for my signature, a formal pardon according to the letter with my little endorsement on it which will be shown you by Gen. Green Clay Smith. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

William Duke is hereby pardoned for all offences herein confessed by him, up to the time of his taking the oath and giving bond.

Aug. 27. 1863. A. LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1] ALS and AES, owned by William C. and Otto Madlener, Chicago, Illinois. The envelope is endorsed by Lincoln, ``Please see Gen. Green Clay Smith. A. Lincoln,'' and the accompanying letter from William Duke to his brother-in-law, Green Clay Smith, August 20, 1863, is endorsed by Lincoln as above. Duke's letter sets forth that although he had ``in a state of excitement'' accepted a Confederate commission in September, 1862, he had within a few days recognized his error and taken an oath of allegiance. Smith endorsed Duke's letter with the request that a final pardon be granted to Duke.

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