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Subject:
clemency after Cival War
From:
Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:32:11 -0400
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In a petition to President Andrew Jackson, dated 26 May1865, a Virginia man
swears he was always and is a Union man and asks for executive clemency.
The petition also mentions he was a poor man but had inherited $20,000 from
his deceased brother.  Why would a Union man need clemency from the United
States and what does the inheritance have to do with it?
My appreciation to anyone who can help me understand this "petition
for pardon."
M. Preston

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