Correspondence

Michael H. Owsley to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-01-27

Date of Creation
January 27, 1864
Place of Creation
Lancaster, Garrard 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
BR9-271 to BR9-272
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0486
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203373
People
Owsley, Michael Henry
Lutrell, Richard
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Lancaster, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Garrard Circuit Court
Dates
1864-01-27
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Citation

Michael H. Owsley to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-01-27, 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-0001-004-0486 (November 12, 2026).

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Lancaster Kentucky
Jany 27th 1864
To His Excellency
Thomas E. Bramlette
Gov. of Kentucky
Dear Gov

There was a forfeiture at the last term of the Garrard Circuit Court against Richard Lutrell for $500- I have been so frequently been consulted in this case by individuals in whom I have the utmost confidence that I am induced to ask your leniency on the subject. Mr. Lutrell at one time by industry and economy had accumulated a little property which is

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now all gone., He is said to be still honest and industrious but has his widowed sister and her orphan children to support which is about all he can do and with dificulty can do that, I have released two thirds of my own fee. And feel satisfied he ought to be relieved

If you prefer a petition in addition to this he will have no dificulty in obtaining one. Living in the country I have never seen him since the forfeiture or I would have required it myself

Yr friend
M H Owsley
Comlth's atty 6th District

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M. H. Owsley

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