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This Presidential Pardon signed by Abraham Lincoln was treated to stabilize it before digitization. The document had been stored folded at some point in the past, and was torn along these fold lines. Conservation staff gently flattened it under weight, then mended along the fold lines with Japanese paper and wheat starch paste. The pardon was then digitized. Finally, a custom portfolio housing was made to provide rigid support so the document can be safely stored flat.
[RG 21 Abraham Lincoln pardon, Case 7000, General Case Files (LA), pardon of Charles Boland, June 18, 1863]
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Today in history – FDR Approves the National Archives Act
On June 19, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed “An Act to establish a National Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes.” Read more
Photo: An image of the construction of the National Archives Building is from June 1934, the month that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Archives Act.
Happy Birthday to Us!
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