Correspondence

E. J. Bullock to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-01-30

Date of Creation
January 30, 1864
Place of Creation
Blandville, Ballard 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
BR9-220 to BR9-221
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0459
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203346
People
Hudgens, Martha
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Blandville, Kentucky
Dates
1864-01-30
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Citation

E. J. Bullock to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-01-30, 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-0001-004-0459 (November 12, 2026).

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Blandville- Jany 30th/ 64.
Gov. Bramlette
Dear Sir

this letter will be handed to you by Mrs Hudgens, a lady of estimable character in her neighborhood. She has the misfortune to be the mother of a son now in the penitentiary for the crime of robbery. I was of counsil for Hudgens and was thrown in to considerable intercourse with him I found him a young man of intelligence & learning He has evidently been well raised and his expressions of reprehension of his own crime was as vivid and I believe as genuine as as contrite heart could suggest. He I learn is

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the only son of this lady and has hitherto been her stay and support. I should not request his discharge on this ground but persuaded as I am that if now pardoned he would sin no more. I urge this as a strong persuasion.

Governor if you find your heart inclined to lean to the petition of your the [...] mother my belief is that the future conduct of the son will justify the exercise of your Kindness. I cannot say that he was not guilty but I do say that in my opinion he was operated upon by the influence of one

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of the most wily rascals I have ever seen and in a moment of drunkeness went astray and was ruined.

I beg to recommend Mrs Hudgens to your Kind consideration and bespeak for her a gentle hearing

Respt yours
E J Bullock