 Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration) unprepared, by a formal approval of this bill,...  The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with Biographical ... - Page 285by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1926 - 232 pages
...and uncertain, issued his famous Amnesty Proclamation, in which he offered a full and complete pardon "to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion," excepting only the civil and military leaders of the Southern Confederacy, upon condition that they... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library - Illinois - 1926 - 234 pages
...and uncertain, issued his famous Amnesty Proclamation, in which he offered a full and complete pardon "to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion," excepting only the civil and military leaders of the Southern Confederacy, upon condition that they... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1926 - 234 pages
...and uncertain, issued his famous Amnesty Proclamation, in which he offered a full and complete pardon "to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion," excepting only the civil and military leaders of the Southern Confederacy, upon condition that they... | |
 | William MacDonald - United States - 1926 - 742 pages
...which plan it is now thought fit to lay before the people for their consideration : Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)... | |
 | 1890 - 982 pages
...discretion to any measure of mitigation and manifestation of good-will that, without imNow therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that on the conditions therein stated, the power conferred on the Executive in and by said joint resolution... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - Clemency - 1939 - 356 pages
...and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective States; therefore I, 239 Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States do proclaim, declare and make known * * *." 18 This general pardon, which restored all rights of property, except as to slaves, demanded... | |
 | Henry Watson Wilbur - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 232 pages
...carry what became known as a Proclamation of Amnesty. In this Proclamation the President announced that "to all persons who have directly or by implication participated in the existing rebellion except as herein excepted, a full pardon is hereby granted with restoration of all rights of property except... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...which plan it is now thought fit to lay before the people for their consideration: Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am, (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)... | |
 | Frank P. King - Political Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...his "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction" of December 8, 1864, he granted "a full pardon ... to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion" with the restitution of their property, except for slaves. They only had to swear allegiance to the... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective States: Therefore,...Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, ... to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except... | |
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