Petition

William Kaye et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-05-19

Date of Creation
May 19, 1865
Place of Creation
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
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
BR13-463
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1888
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FTP Identifier
32204775

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Dates
1865-05
1865-05-19
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William Kaye et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-05-19, 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-0001-004-1888 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

We the undersigned Jurors who tried Edward Mitchell at the May term of the Jefferson Circuit Court on a charge of murder & found him guilty of Manslaughter & convicted him for two years do most earnestly petition your Excellency to grant him a pardon

Very Respectfully
Wm. Kaye
William Bailey
Saml Parker foreman
C. L. Down
B. F. Rudy
Thomas Schorch

I James P Chambers Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court state afsd and hereby Certify that the six foregoing signatures are signatures of the jury that was sworn in the case of the Comwlth vs Edward Mitchell

Given under my hand as clerk of said Court this 19 day of May 1865

Jas P Chambers clk