PRESIDENTIAL PARDON JOHNSON, ANDREW. Document Signed, as President, pardoning B.J. Dreesen, who had been "convicted of conspiracy to cheat and defraud the Government," but who was deemed "a proper object of Executive clemency, and his pardon has been requested by many respectable citizens." Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. 1 1/4 pages, folio, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; complete separation at horizontal fold repaired verso with cello tape, cello tape edge repairs on recto and verso, cello tape affixing paper seal on verso touching text, moderate uneven toning to recto, moderate staining to verso affecting text, minor scattered abrasions verso. sold as is. Washington, 16 April 1866