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Execution of Captain Wirz at Washington, Friday, November 10, 1865
11/25/1865
Execution of the four persons condemned as conspirators, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt
07/07/1865
Execution to award damages in the case of Loewe v. Lawlor
11/25/1912 - 1/8/1913
Executive Commission for George H. Harding of Pennsylvania to Be Examiner in Chief in the U.S. Patent Office
3/28/1861
Executive Commission for Joseph J. Coombs of the District of Columbia to be Examiner in Chief in the U.S. Patent Office
8/6/1861
Executive Commission for Silas H. Hodges of Vermont to Be Examiner in Chief in the U.S. Patent Office
3/28/1861
Executive Commission for Thomas C. Theaker of Ohio to be Examiner in Chief in the U.S. Patent Office
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Text of Executive Order No. 2017
8/8/1914
Executive Order 3669 dated April 29, 1922, in which President Warren G. Harding establishes benefits for veterans.
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Executive Order Modification
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