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ers of war, or persons detained tor officers of any kind, either before or alter the conviction.13tb. All persons who hare voluntarily participated in said rebelion, and the estimate value of whose taxable property is not worth twenty thousand dollars.14 th. All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty, as prescribed in tbe President’s proclamation of December 28tb, or the oath of allegiance to the Government of the Uuited Stales, since the date of said proclamation, and who have not thence forwarJ kept and maintained the same inviolate ; provided that special application may be made to the President for pardon by any person beloging to the excepted classes, and such leniency will be liberally extended as may be consistent with the facts and the peace and digBity of the United States.The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering and recording said amnesty oath, so as to insure its benefit to the people, and to guard the Government against fraud. In testimoy whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of tbe United States to be affixed.Done at the city of Washington, the 29th day of May, A. D., one thousand *eight hundred and sixty five, and of the Independence of the United States the 89th.Axdkew Johnsom.Bj the President:W. II. Seward, Secretary of State.
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Goshen Times
Goshen, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1865
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