J. N. Collins to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-05-18
- Date of Creation
- May 18, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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
- BR13-469 to BR13-470
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1893
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204780
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- Dates
- 1865-05-18
Citation
J. N. Collins to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-05-18, 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-0001-004-1893 (November 12, 2026).
Louisville Ky
To His Excellency
Gov Bramlette
Dr Sir
The bearer Mrs Selvage is the sister of Ed Mitchell. who was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, at the present term of our Court, I wish you to examine his case & if you possibly can, pardon him — His previous good character has been proved by his superior officers, during three years service in our army, as that of a true soldier, and now an aged Mother & this only sister pray for your excellency's clemency in his behalf —
Very Respectfully
J. N. Collins
one of the Juriers