Archivist of the United States Comments on Altered Lincoln Document

Thomas Lowry has confessed that he changed the date on a pardon signed by Abraham Lincoln. The altered document, stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, then appeared to have greater historical value than the original. You can read my original story about the incident at http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/01/virginia-historian-admits-he-altered-abraham-lincoln-document.html

Now David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, has commented about the incident and talked a bit about steps taken to reduce similar incidents in the future. You can read the Archivist's comments at http://live.washingtonpost.com/altered-lincoln-pardon.html