New York State Governor Executive Clemency and Pardon Application Ledgers and Correspondence A0629

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Article 18 of the 1777 State Constitution authorized the governor to grant pardons and reprieves. This power was continued in the constitutions of 1821 and 1846 and expanded to include commutations by Article 5 of the Constitution of 1894.

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