Correspondence

G. P. Shanklin to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-06-20

Date of Creation
June 20, 1865
Place of Creation
Paris, Bourbon 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
BR14-198 to BR14-199
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2032
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32204917

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1865-06-20
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G. P. Shanklin to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-06-20, 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-0001-004-2032 (November 14, 2026).

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Paris Ky
June 20th 1865
His Excel Gov. Bramlett
D Sir

Two young men John Scott, & Joseph Chrisman, raised in the County of Jessamine and belongin to two of the most respectable familys in the County are indicted in the County of Jessamine for Mule stealing, I have known boath of them from ther infancy, thay are mear boys, and I have now no doubt that at the time the offence was commited thay ware boath under

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the influence of liquor and induced to commit the act, by artfull and disorderly men, and made dupes off

Thay have boath sustained good caracters upto this occurance, and now much regrett their folly, I believe if thay are pardoned, thay will reform their lives and make good and usefull citizens.

I therefore make and aske your Ecelencey to pardon ther offence and restore them to their distinguished families, I believe it will be approved by all that know the facts, Yours truly

G. P. Shanklin