Josiah T. Bottom to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-08-02
- Date of Creation
- August 2, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Adair 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
- BR15-30
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2218
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205102
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- Dates
- 1865-08-02
Citation
Josiah T. Bottom to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-08-02, 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-0001-004-2218 (January 25, 2026).
To Aair county Kentuc Ky Mr Thomas E Bramlett govener of Kentuckey I desire to State to you that Milton B Cox whoo is now in the State prison was one of our neighbors and stood fair in the community as any young man in the neighbour hood as for trooth and verasity and for honesty the neighbour hood thought as mutch of him as any young man for the acquia^tanc^ they had with him I have been living with in one half mile of him for near two years and admired him as a honest man he was one who neither drinked Sperits nor Swore an ot oath nor gambled was considered a marril young man one whoo there was no charges against before george Walker charged him and there is mutch doubt of his guilt in that case there was mutch conflict in the testimony on his trial and Hewe belive that had it not been for the pregudest that excisted against the refugee and against his principal that he would not have been troubled him being of the union principal and his fowes of the conservative principal there was mutch pregidest ^against^ him somutch that I think it doubtful about his geting Justice done him on his trial I hope that you will consider his case take his case into consideration So that he may have Justice done him as well as mursey bestowed on him I am one whoo was has been a sitizen of Kentucky all of my life one whoo always desired to see Justice done to every man tho pedgedest has got so strong that I am afraid that it will injure our state
yours Truly Josiah T Bottom
