James Speed to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-09-19
- Date of Creation
- September 19, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- 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
- Box / Folder
- BR8-189 to BR8-190
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0126
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203013
- Places
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Jefferson Circuit Court
- Dates
- 1863-09-19
Citation
James Speed to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-09-19, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0126 (November 12, 2026).
Louisville,
Dear Sir,
This will make you acquainted with J. Hop Price, Esqr, of this city, Mr Price is taking a most laudable & active interest in the fate of this Negro woman who is under sentence of death in the Jefferson circuit court- I know that you will give him a most anxious hearing- the cause he is engaged in will commend to you more than any words of mine- He is perfectly persuaded that she is innocent
I am sir, most
truly yr frd
James Speed
Gov. Th. E. Bramlette,
Frankfort,
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