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Record Group Number: 000690
Series/Collection Number: .S 158
Creator: Florida. State Board of Pardons.
Title, Dates: Pardon, commutation, and remission decrees, 1869-1909.
Amount: 4.00 v.
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Summary:     The series consists of decrees from the State Board of Pardons from 1869 to 1909.  It contains the official copies of decrees issued for both full and conditional pardons, commutations of sentences, and remissions of fines.  Information provided in the decrees includes the name of the individual; original conviction (date, place, crime, and sentence); reasons for the granting of the pardon; and the final conditions of the pardon, commutation, or remission.  Until November 1896, the decrees were signed by the Governor, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Attorney General.  After that time, the decrees were signed by the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller, and Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Subject Access Fields: Pardon Florida
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