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 Your search for Clemency returned  7 items
1
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
B0046
 
 
Dates:
1869-1931
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of printed copies of restorations to citizenship issued by the governor to convicted felons. Information includes the court where the felon was convicted, the date, felon's name, crime, sentence, place and date of incarceration, and the names of the governor, secretary of state .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

2
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
B0048
 
 
Dates:
1854-1931
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of respites and commutations. The governor has the authority to grant pardons and respites. The respites concern stays of execution for individuals sentenced to death; commutations are reductions of sentences. Respites and commutations normally include the name of the convicted .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

3
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
B0043
 
 
Dates:
1819-1853, 1873-1891
 
 
Abstract:  
The series consists of printed returns of convicts discharged from state prisons, either through expiration of sentence or pardon. Returns were compiled by the clerks of Mt. Pleasant (Sing Sing), Auburn, and Clinton prisons. While they vary in specific format, returns typically provide data on most .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

4
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
B0049
 
 
Dates:
1840-1929
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of executive orders for pardons, commutations, restorations of citizenship or respites. Each order includes the date, convict's name, crime, place where tried, sentence, place of incarceration, and the governor's signature. Commutations also include the commutation terms. Respites .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

5
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
 
 
Abstract:  
This series serves as a name index to executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship, and certificates of good conduct in series 13253. It likely indexes other record series created by the Department of State that document executive clemency actions, as well. Information includes .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

6
Creator:
New York (State). Governor
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
A0597
 
 
Dates:
1859-1965
 
 
Abstract:  
The case files in this series document the process of application for and granting of pardons or commutations of sentences by the Governor. Convicts and their families, friends, and attorneys applied to have sentences reduced or terminated and, for convicted felons, to have citizenship rights restored. .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

 
Title:  
 
Series:
A0585
 
 
Dates:
1910-1944
 
 
Abstract:  
Articles I and IV of the State Constitution authorize the governor to grant executive clemency to convicted criminals (Executive Law, Section 15-19). Among the types of clemency offered is restoration of citizenship rights, by which the governor restores civil rights lost as a result of a conviction .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives