| Show franr VM AND LLE of tho boston gobe I 1 i washington slay may 15 13 V alluded tile ihu obber day to tile fact I 1 hat the Gen genelia elid intervened to prevent robert hubert U E leo find other etbel generals Gil irilli bring being by united slates lili iles judge U naci i buds b 6 super 1 pc r ervice ablis 81 al lial pulling to lo call cal I 1 ua n general babcock the next chiky an little fuel fact div auld inu in by that gentleman the only papers andrew johnon julin un left in tile tho white dilouie on hib retirement there fruin were this ind lied bitters lel turi ut or I 1 ruberl abi il 11 1 lee relative ri liili vu to lo that lor trea ton son and liki for ii Jsn the two letters were in fit thu the hand draing or of tile cebul ilia were writ crittell tell uy by clerks but deigned by general grant the and I 1 tried to ir pers irsuto ualle babcock to let lei tile keep theist but bul he to ublia site me ill ILI copic capici Cc q As they lire fire find and have bu recently been beca recalled I 1 appold tile the joe 1301 june jinx 05 general Gner al upon sending leading ilia proclamation or of tle alb rih I 1 canto caino to to ate ertain hat will was proper broin T or requited required of ina to ti do hen I 1 learned kin nil that oilier od leri I 1 MS all to lu be iodide d I 1 lor t reato n by lite grand jury nt fit Nail I 1 lind had hii lioret that life villiers vil luers still inn ind in n D of ofilio tile army of f weal virginia Virgi nii were ly tile ilia bernis of their purr fin render protected d by tit lire united states stairs government flout so iu long as they to ilo it c 0 it ill ti us I 1 s I 1 inn ant reidy ready to meet inert any leargia li argia that my any b be a p nL tac me und and do not nili ih to t avoid trial but bul if ili I 1 um air correct as B to lite pro granted by my parole and am not to bo r rusi cutch I 1 de iru to comply aill illi the provi ioni of ilia presidents Jents proclamation and there feie the llie bilich I 1 I hijinio t ill that event my may be acted on I 1 mi an with fill great respect your ob abt t berve signed signa R 1 U E lt henl LT ti 6 grant corns tile armies of the hie united States cory COPY 0 of june co LEE tl 11 r under that with olbers ol lipri lie is n to bo be indicted in fur for treason by br llio abo grand jury rt at Norl Noirl olk states his lii ct to lu meet tiny aliat bo brought ila I 1 tad supposed ilat tile lin terms of his surrender protect protected cl him if they lo lie 10 cles deira ires to comply fill the provisions of amnesty find therefore ii tile 1116 required which in that event he be requal lits may be ben clid on One inclosure reed nt at U S june 16 1865 arti respectfully forwarded to tho the secretary of war in my opinion the ilia officers and men paroled tit nt appomattox C 0 11 II and filice anc upon the ilia tame same terms given to lee cannot b bo tried for treason so long as na they oberee the he lei ms of their pit role tills is rny my un dent anding good fuith ni fig well if ae true inie policy dictates that we vo observe the conditi conditions ont of that con convention bention ven tion insul irilli on the part of the alor ft a construction of that convention officers to tria fur for treason would a fueling feeling or of in security rity iri in tho the minds or of nil all paroled and mt arn n it if so fo dipold dip oed they might even regard such tin nn infraction or of terms by tile government ni at tin nn entire rc iclena lena from nil all obligation i on oil their purl part I 1 nil state fa further furth iLlier rr that abat the ilia terms granted by ino ilia nut with willi tle me beat ty approval of tle pre ident nt lit the time find of tho country gall the action or in norfolk ims hns already hall nit an injuring elyett and annl I 1 would that lie lio be to aluah nil all indictments found against paroled prison prisoners ert or of aar and to deat I 1 from rom further I 1 lion of ilium U S general nc A U US S junu juno IG 16 05 lath juno june 05 35 ilia excellency andrew johnson Juh pres ident of the united state sir hunt excluded from the provisions provision ol cit amnesty arn nty and jardon j ardon contained in ilia 0 ol 01 ilia iyih ultimo I 1 bi reby apply for fir t lie and full uran abial ana privileges lege extended to choso included include din in its tn ter ins m 1 I graduated grAduate 1 fit al the military Hili lory aca nt at wept M t point in J june une 1829 ni ind arom I 1 rom lie united states aimy at my aaril 1861 wn 1 s get casl cal in the army aimy will d included in alie of ilia arroyos west virginia auth etli april 1 I lesve the ilia honor to be very your obedient fervant R 1 I 1 COPY OF INDORSE NEST SENT br orwar warded dru through tile lia see sec rebury of war to his eitt tile iho president aith ith the earned carnat that ims tin or of Get terni jt E L bee fur ani nesty and pardon may inny lo be gi liim him tito cath of required by the recent president to accompany applications does not flat this thie for tile tho reason as I 1 nin iun informed by vencial old the order requiring it had riot not reached richmond when alii 6 was U S general Ic U S A jim 16 1865 general leo ILA itrato n atry the letteri being file atrom firo tt roM kez tho the paper ii is letter paper tilts writing cover hig nearly flie e entire pago of ants letter slid lit in alio llio oilier alfont two thieda Tho linein lino in tho ilia tien aturo was not ali ai firm us as the boly body of me 0 letter rind ir it i 10 lo io I tn ti tile ri horn haift eded I 1 fili think ilia writing in sorna sonio mental incertitude beneral giants signature sign a aturo t 0 is 5 A ft plain lugii one tic nindo of quite ao 10 awo sig n c s barf faiming orning letters and without flouri alios or of any kind afis itc writes lapi illy and with fici fael lity of |
