GENERAL ORDERS NO. 37. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, JULY 6, 1868. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF ALL CONCERNED: - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES [OF AMERICA.] A PROCLAMATION.
Washington: 1868. [3], [1 blank] pp. Single leaf, folded. Two punch holes in blank inner margin. Caption title, as issued. Very Good.
President Johnson signs this Proclamation of Amnesty on page 3, in type, on the Fourth of July 1868. He grants a "full pardon and amnesty for the offense of treason against the United State, or of adhering to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, except also as to any property of which any person may have been divested under the laws of the United States."
Excluded from the amnesty are persons under pending charges in the United States Courts for treason or other felony. Item #40476
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