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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To Edward Bates1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Hon. Attorney General. Washington Sept. 2, 1863.

Satisfactory evidence having been produced to me that William A. [N.?] Stephens of Shelby county, Kentucky, is under an indictment for treason in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky; and that said Stephens, under a certain proclamation tendering upon certain terms, did, on or about the fifth day of June, 1863, and since the finding of said indictment, take the oath of allegiance to the United States, and give bond with security accordingly, I do hereby pardon him for the offense charged in the indictment, and for all similar offenses up to the said fifth of June, 1863.

Please make out a pardon accordingly. A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Tracy, p. 232. See Lincoln to Bates, September 1, supra.

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