William Sampson to Thomas E. Bramlette

Accession Number

KYR-0001-004-0769

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

Item Location

BR10-178 to BR10-179

Place of Creation

Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

15 April 1864

Dates Mentioned

1864-04-15

1863-10

1864-04-19

Glasgow Apl 15 1864
To His Excellency
Tho E. Bramlette,
Dear Sir,

Mrs Elizabeth Dunn visits Frankfort for the purpose of seeing her son, who is a convict in the penitentiary, & of appealing to you in his behalf. W^m Dunn, her son, is a private in the 34^th Ky Infantry; & served for some time in it, but as I understand, he got drunk in Louisville, played cards, with a negro for a watch, & won it, & the negro refusing to give it up, he knocked him down & took it away from him, was indicted & tried in the Jefferson Circuit Court on a charge of robbery & convicted.

His mother is old, & resides here, though the family are refugees from Middle Tennessee, driven from home on account of this devotion to the Union. W^m Dunn served for about two years in some regiment not recollected by his mother, & then joined the 34^th Ky. with his father, who is now 55 years old. I hope your Excellency
will give his case some consideration & that you may find it consistent with your sense of duty to pardon him & restore him to his regiment. He can do his country more good fighting for it, then in the penitentiary, if the facts are as represented, I think he is already sufficiently punished.

I saw him when I was in Frankfort & he does not look to me like a bad man, & if you had time to see him yourself, I think he would impress you favorably. I know your time is very much employed, but hope you may spare enough to make happy the heart of this old lady, consistently with your views of official duty-

I need not state, that I have no personal knowledge of the facts of his case,

Very Respectfully
Yours Truly
W^m Sampson

Jefferson Cir Ct
vs

Issue Pardon specifically that it is upon condition that he immediately rejoins his Regiment and continues to serve his time faithfully therein.
Tho E Bramlette

W^m Dunn

3 years Oct term/63
19^th Apl/64

Enquire at the Penitentiary for the Term of his [condition] & the court

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