Title:
Folder 21: Petitions for Relief and Pardon of Prisoners, 1870-1871
Record Group Number:
RG0001, SG008
Collection:
Governor David Butler records
Location:
GR
Box:
Box 2
Folder:
Folder 21
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Date:
1870-1871
Description:
Collection of petitions and correspondence regarding pardons and relief for prisoners addressed to the office of Governor David Butler, dated 1870-1871. Some letters are petitions from citizens about someone who had been arrested, attesting to their good character. Other letters are from those who had been arrested, explaining their situations and asking for a pardon from the Governor's Office.
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Petitions
Subject (Topics) :
Crime
Subject (Topics) :
Pardon
Subject (Topics) :
Prisoners
Source (Names):
Butler, David, 1829-1891
Source (Names):
Johnson, Napoleon
Source (Names):
Pelt, Edward O.
Source (Places):
Omaha (Neb.)
Source (Places):
Nebraska City (Neb.)
Source (Places):
Nemaha County (Neb.)
Source (Temporal):
1870s
Format-Extent:
203 Pages
Format-Medium:
petitions
Format-Medium:
letters (correspondence)
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2022-01-26
Identifier:
RG001sg008s003b002f021i0001-0203
