George W. Riley to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-07-20
- Date of Creation
- July 20, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Lebanon, Marion 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
- BR14-299
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2093
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204978
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- Dates
- 1865-07-20
Citation
George W. Riley to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-07-20, 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-0001-004-2093 (November 14, 2026).
Lebanon Ky
To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky:
Enclosed please find petition of five hundred subscribers citizens of Washington County praying the benefits of your pardon in behalf of one Preston Prather — a citizen of Washington County Ky — charged in inditement, with the Killing of one Thomas Colter — &c The subscribers are citizens living in the immediate vicinity of where the offence was committed and doubtless understand fully the circumstances of the case — Hoping that this petition may be favourably entertained
I have the honor to be very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Geo W. Riley