Correspondence

W. F. Peak to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-03-14

Date of Creation
March 14, 1865
Place of Creation
Bedford, Trimble 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
BR13-28
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1593
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FTP Identifier
32204480

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Dates
1865-03-14
1865-03-06
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W. F. Peak to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-03-14, 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-0001-004-1593 (November 14, 2026).

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Bedford Ky 14t March 1865

To His excelency Thos E Bramlett Govr of Ky, sir the petition of one John Wright who was fined $50. before J W Stewart a Justice of the peace for Trimble county. for carying consealed a deadly weapon. will be presented to your Excelency praying a remission of sd fine, the facts in the case did not come before the Jury as he confessed Judgment, the facts are that sd Wright did on Sunday the 6t of March 1865 Shoot & kill without caus or provocation a valuble dog, near to and vary much endangering the lives of Several little boys. if such cases are remitted by your Excelency, there is no incouragement to courts of Justice enforcing the law. I hope you will not remit sd fine in view of the above facts. I will refer you to Judge D S Lane & A J Bartlett ^Co atty^ as to the facts of my statement above

Very Respectifully,
W, F. Peak