DS, one page, 8.5 x 13, Executive Department, State of California letterhead, May 18, 1971. Governor Reagan grants John Edwin Balsley, who was convicted of grand theft and served almost two years in prison a full pardon based upon his rehabilitation and 'arrest free living.' Document states, 'I, Ronald Reagan, Governor of the State of California, pursuant to the power vested in me...do hereby grant to John Edwin Balsley, Prison No. A-34030, a full and unconditional pardon for the offense set forth above.' Accompanied by related paperwork concerning Balsley's application and a cover letter from Reagan stapled to the document, bearing a secretarial signature. In fine condition, with large gold seal to lower left. RRAuction COA.
