B. M. Burdett to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-07-02
- Date of Creation
- July 2, 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
- BR[11]-140 to BR[11]-141
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1062
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203949
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- Dates
- 1864-07-02
Citation
B. M. Burdett to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-07-02, 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-0001-004-1062 (November 12, 2026).
Lancaster Ky.
To his Excellency Thos E. Bramlette
Gov of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
I sent you some weeks since a copy of a warrant and a verdict of a Jury finding G. W. Alford guilty of the offense of selling liquor to a slave without an order, assessing his fine at $50.00/100 together with a petition from the same Jury to your honor to remit said fine. I have never heard one word from you. Perhaps you never recieved the petition If not please write me or if you did write me what was your action in the case. Please write immediately
BObediently yours
B M Burdett
Garrard Cir Ct
vs
R. L. Alford
Refused