Hiram Hibbard pardon

[Steve]

Laurie is correct the order was typeset printed, not typed. This microfilmed image of the order was the next image in the microfilm order following the image of Hibbard's muster roll abstract (the image of his second enlistment, where he deserted in Nov. 1864 -- #1680).

These muster roll abstracts were created by the state of New York (starting in 1876) copying the information from all of the original muster-out rolls of New York soldiers.

The full wording of the special order listed the pardons and commutations of several soldiers at once, the "extracts" are copies of the order with just the section for the specific soldier printed, so there are a couple of copies for the soldier's unit records/chain of command.

From the original microfilm images (they were cropped for Forum legibility), it looks like the order was folded between Hibbard's record and another soldier's record in the physical copy. I'd guess the order extract was printed in 1865 and placed in this record from some other record, rather than a new copy made in the 1870's. But I suppose we'd have to contact someone at the New York state archives to be sure of that.