Aaron F. Wells, Affidavit
1864-05-23
- Date of Creation
- May 23, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Cook County, Illinois
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- BR10-291
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0838
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203725
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- Dates
- 1864-05-23
Citation
Aaron F. Wells, Affidavit, 1864-05-23, 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-0001-004-0838 (November 12, 2026).
State of Illinois
Cook County SS:
Aaron F. Wells of said County being duly sworn saith that for some eight years past he has been clerk of the Metropolitan Hotel in the city of Chicago in said County, and that for about two years one Silas L. Greenman was employed as Porter at said Hotel, and that during all of said time said Greenman sustained a most excell^e^nt reputation for honesty, integrity & industry & in fact was one of the best men ever employed in a similar capacity in said Hotel.
And this Deponent further saith that during all of said time the wages of said Greenman were paid to his mother, who was wholly dependant upon him for her support.
Aaron F. Wells
Sworn before me this
O. R. W. Lull
Notary Pub[...]
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