Rutherford Hayes
Washington, DC, March 3, 1879
Rutherford Hayes Pardons a Bootlegger
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Rutherford B. Hayes document signed as president. 1p, 8” x 10”; Washington; March 3, 1879. A document directing the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to a warrant for the pardon of John Victor Nyberg.” Signed, “R B Hayes.” With flattened folds and light age-toning. Filing docket in pencil and adhesive residue to verso of integral blank. Start of Hayes’ signature is light, but remains visible.

Per the General Records of the Department of State at the National Archives, John Victor Nyberg was convicted in Alabama “of selling spirituous liquor without license” and subsequently the “Court suspended [his] sentence to allow him time to obtain a pardon.” Offered here is the “affix the seal” for that pardon.

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10" x 8"