Lot 9
Ford, Gerald R. Souvenir document signed, on facsimile "The White House / Washington " stationery, one page, 10 x 8 in., n.p., c. 1977-1979 (the original pardon was signed by President Ford on September 8, 1974). Boldly signed on the bottom center margin. Attractively matted with a brief biographical plaque and a printed portrait of Ford. Handsomely framed to an overall size of 20 x 24 in. The Nixon Pardon souvenir copies were prepared after Ford's term of office to raise funds for his library. The document explains that a trial against Nixon could not begin for a year or more and that, "the tranquility to which this nation has been restored by the events of recent weeks could be irreparably lost by the prospects of bringing to trial a former President of the United States….exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States…I Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States…do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon upon Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he…has committed of may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974." Fine.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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