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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of nine bound volumes plus one unbound volume of pardons issued by the governor between 1799 and 1930. Each pardon contains the name and place of the court where the convicted person was tried, crime convicted of, sentence, place where sentenced to be served or serving, name of convicted person, date of pardon and name of governor issuing the pardon. Some of the pardons also contain conditions upon which the pardon is contingent. The first volume of pardons is entirely handwritten by a secretary and the remaining volumes contain printed forms which were filled in by secretaries.