Lot 56
Grant, Ulysses S. - Document Signed as President (1822-1885) 18th President of the United States; Commanding General of the Union Army. Partly-printed document signed "U.S. Grant" as President, one page, 10¾ x 8¼", Washington, Nov. 2, 1872. Authorizing and directing the Secretary of State "to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of George Peace. Fine condition. Signed in purple ink.
President Grant pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 1,332 people, many of them former Confederates. George Peace may have been one of these. The Amnesty Act, signed by President Grant on May 23, 1872.included all but 500 of the top Confederate leaders. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000
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