James Speed to James F. Robinson

KYR-0101-001-0001.xml

Accession Number

KYR-0101-001-0001

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Historical Society

Place of Creation

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

15 May 1863

Dates Mentioned

1863-05-15

Louisville, May 15^th 1863 —
Sir,

There is a man in the Penetentiary named Calvin Fairbanks- He was sent from this city ten or twelve years ago for stealing negroes — I witnessed a part of his trial, and am satisfied that he was a fanatic, his stealing was not from a love of gain or revenge, but from a mistaken sense of his duty as a philanthropist. The punishment he has already suffered is a sufficient warning to others not to be guilty of a like mistake. If his fault was a grievous one, grievously has he answered it —

I trust sir, that you may find it consistent with your sense of duty to pardon the poor fellow, that he may have some chance to do good for the remainder of his days —

I am Sir, most
respectfully your
obt servt
James Speed

Gov James F, Robinson,
Frankfort,
Ky —

Gov^r James F Robinson,
Frankfort,
Ky —

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