William W. Stringfield to President Andrew Johnson, June, 1866, page 1

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HL_MSS80_06_01_01_04_01a

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William W. Stringfield to President Andrew Johnson, June, 1866, page 2

HL_MSS80_06_01_01_04_01b

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- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS80_06_01_01_04_01a
Transcript

[June 1866] To His Excellency Andrew Johnson President of the United States Your petitioner — a citizen of Jefferson County, State of Tennessee — would respectfully ask the interposition Executive Clemency in his behalf — in so much as he is excluded from the benefits of the Proclamation of Amnesty of May 29th, 1865 by reason of being at that time under an indictment for treason, and being under bonds to appear before the United States Court for the Eastern district of Tennessee. Your petitioner would say that he was not excluded from the benefits of the amnesty. In clamation where any other ground, or by any other clause (besides the one above noticed) , having held the inferior position of Lt - Col in the late Southern or Rebel army, and not having done anything which is said among that would exclude him from the benefit of said amnesty. Your petitioner would further beg leave to state that he applied for pardon on the 30th of June 1865, having previously taken the Oath of Amnesty as required — a copy of which is herewith enclosed, never having heard from said application he now renews it, hoping for as early an answer as circumstances will approve. Finally, your petitioner will say that since his release from arrest he has been quietly pursuing his business,

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In a second draft of a letter to President Andrew Johnson, written in June of 1866, William Williams Stringfield petitions for the President's intervention on his indictment for treason, a crime punishable by execution,and for which he will stand trial at The United States Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Stringfield cites the Proclomation of Amnesty, a document passed by Abraham Lincoln pardoning soldiers of the Confederate Army under the rank of Colonel (in which Stringfield is included, being a Lieutenant Colonel). Stringfield also mentions his application for pardon he submitted in June of last year, including the required Oath of Amnesty, for which he received no reply. In light of this, Stringfield has enclosed a renewed application in his letter, reciting the Oath and signing it, in hopes of a swift reply by the President granting him clemency.
Details
- Creator
  - Stringfield, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1923
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1866-06
  - Date digitized: 2015-11-04
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11.75'' x 7.25''
  - Pages: 2 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - United States
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Hunter Library Special Collections
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS80_06_01_01_04
- Related material
  - This transcription has been provided by WCU student Joshua Taylor (MA English), whose annotated version is available at Http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=19085
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library