First Volume of Presidential PardonsThis volume contains early copies of pardons granted by the firs
First Volume of Presidential PardonsThis volume contains early copies of pardons granted by the first five presidents of the United States. The original leather binding was very tight, severely red rotted, and the spine had been poorly mended with cloth. The textblock was split and pages were torn. Book conservator Steven Loew mended the pages, rejoined all split folios and guarded weak center folds (mended all along), resewed the entire textblock on five linen cords, and bound it into a new cloth cover with a flexible spine that reveals the sewing cords. This record book can now be safely accessed. The images show the original binding, the spine and the split textblock before treatment, a repaired section of pages ready to be sewn, the text block being sewn, and the volume in its new cloth cover with a flexible spine that reveals the sewing cords.RG 59, entry 897, Pardons and Remissions, Vol. 1 of 16, April 25, 1793 to Nov. 19, 1812 -- source link
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