Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Governments, Supreme Executive Council, Clemency File, 1790 continued (Surnames N-W) and undated (Surnames A-Z)., This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged alphabetically by surname of petitioner. A record of individual case files that may contain diverse documents about persons seeking pardons from the President of the Supreme Executive Council, the Governor, or the Board of Pardons. Types of documents found in a case file may include summary sheets, letters, petitions, court transcripts, newspaper notices, copies of death warrants, pardon proclamations or respites. The information found in the file varies with each dossier and the time period. While one case file may merely provide a person’s name and reason for being imprisoned, another may also list the incarcerated individual’s occupation and particulars about his or her life and family. In a few instances, photographs of the persons are included. For more details, please see the published Guide to the microfilm of Pennsylvania’s revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives: https://archive.org/details/guidetoofrecords00penn/page/n3/mode/2up Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards. The Archives does not endorse views expressed in these historical collections, but presents these collections to aid in scholarly research.
