Correspondence

Jeff Brown to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-10-07

Date of Creation
October 7, 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
BR8-250
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0159
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203046
People
VanderEspt, Charles J.
[Unknown], Cirilla
Brown, Jefferson
Dawson, John "Jack"
Garras, Paul
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Louisville, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1863-10-07
--09-10
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Jeff Brown to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-07, 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-0001-004-0159 (November 12, 2026).

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Louisville 7 Oct. 1863.

Hon Thos E. Bramlett
Govenor of Ky.
Dear Sir;

I received yours of 10th Septr last. I immediately wrote for, and have since obtained copies of the Indictments as well as the judgments upon which executions issued alluded to in yours. It seems one indictment was for attempting to entice away the negro girl Sarilla, and the other was for stealing her [apparl] jewelry &c, all belonging to the said girl, tho the indictment it was the property of John Dawson, which is not true as it was the property of the negro girl. You will find a letter to this effect of C. J. VanderEspt, who was living there at the time, and whose testimony would have exonerated Garis.

I am in hopes you will send a full remission of the Judgments. The parties are poor and very needy, and if compelled to pay even half of it would bring a perfect ruin upon them.

Yours Very Respy,
Jeff Brown.