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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to Judge Advocate General [Joseph Holt], Washington, D.C., 27 July 1864. 1 page, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery, lightly soiled, framed with an engraved portrait.
LINCOLN TAKES AN INTEREST IN THE CASE OF A MAN CONVICTED OF ASSISTING A DESERTER: "REPORT TO ME ON THE CASE"
President Lincoln requests legal papers from the Judge advocate General: "It seems a man by the name James Barrett, alias Geo[rge] Barrett, alias Thomas Barrett, has been convicted for assisting a soldier to desert. Please procure the papers and report to me on the case..." Collected Works, ed. R.P. Basler, 7:465.
George Barrett, a citizen of Maryland, was fined $250 and sentenced to one year's imprisonment on 20 July 1864 for aiding a Union deserter by selling him citizen's clothing. Lincoln, displaying his customary leniency in these matters, reduced the sentence on 17 August to six month's imprisonment and, on 23 January 1865, completely pardoned Barrett.
LINCOLN TAKES AN INTEREST IN THE CASE OF A MAN CONVICTED OF ASSISTING A DESERTER: "REPORT TO ME ON THE CASE"
President Lincoln requests legal papers from the Judge advocate General: "It seems a man by the name James Barrett, alias Geo[rge] Barrett, alias Thomas Barrett, has been convicted for assisting a soldier to desert. Please procure the papers and report to me on the case..." Collected Works, ed. R.P. Basler, 7:465.
George Barrett, a citizen of Maryland, was fined $250 and sentenced to one year's imprisonment on 20 July 1864 for aiding a Union deserter by selling him citizen's clothing. Lincoln, displaying his customary leniency in these matters, reduced the sentence on 17 August to six month's imprisonment and, on 23 January 1865, completely pardoned Barrett.