This was one of many films from the 1910s focusing on Lincoln's well-known practice of pardoning young Civil War soldiers condemned to die, if any extenuating circumstances might have been involved.
When Lincoln Paid was thought to be lost until a contractor who was demolishing a barn in Nelson, New Hampshire discovered a 35mm Monarch projector and seven reels of film.
The contractor donated the reels to the Keene State College Film Society.
When Lincoln Paid was restored[1] and was screened at Keene State College in April 2010.
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