David Sean Ferriero the 65 year old American librarian and the 10th Archivist of the United States Fame comes to men in many strange ways (February 1 2011)

David Sean Ferriero the 65 year old American librarian and the 10th Archivist of the United States has revealed that Thomas Lowry an amateur historian had confessed to altering the date on an original pardon signed by President Abraham Lincoln to make it look as if the pardon was one of the president’s final acts just prior to his assassination. Lowry is alleged to have changed the dates from 1864 to 1865 in order to promote his book after finding many unpublished Lincoln documents in the National Archives. The pardon related to the sparing of a mentally incompetent Army private from the death penalty for desertion. Ferriero indicated that the statute of limitations had lapsed preventing criminally prosecution, however Lowry will be barred from National Archives facilities.

 

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