GRANT ULYSSES S Partly printed Document Signed US Grant as President

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GRANT, ULYSSES S. Partly-printed Document Signed, "U.S. Grant," as President, authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to "a Warrant for the commutation of the sentence of Charles Purdue." 1 page, 4to, pale blue paper, with integral blank; short closed tear in left edge repaired verso with paper, cello tape at upper left, faint scattered foxing, horizontal folds. Washington, 2 May 1871

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Charles Purdue, a seaman aboard the Robert Edwards in the spring of 1871, was accused of inexplicably setting fire to the ship, causing all on board to abandon the vessel. Although he was charged and convicted of arson, no lives were lost, and Purdue claimed that his confession of the crime had been extorted.