W. S. Maxey to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Tompkinsville, Monroe 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
- BR15-327
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2396
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205280
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Citation
W. S. Maxey to Thomas E. Bramlette, 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-0001-004-2396 (December 6, 2025).
Tompkinsville Monroe County Ky
Govr Thos E. Bramlette, enclosed you will find a petition asking the Executive Clemency in behalf of Jno H. Deckard of this county The petition is short, and was drawn hurriedly but it is thought it contains facts meriting ^the^ clemency of your Honor. There are many circumstances connected with the matter that would tend in favor of Mr Jno H. Deckard, but it was thought ^not^ necessary to state them.
I hope you will release him of all the fine except the cost. Mr Jno H. Deckard is a feeble man, getting old and a gentleman of irreproachable character & no one to help him. If I had been in Scottsville I should have got some men to sign the petition there. Please write to me on the Subject & if You see proper to release ^him^ I shall be glad to receive the information and feel that You have brought Mr Deckard under many obligations & done in the premises the wishes of all acquainted with the facts of the case.
W. S. Maxey.