Henry Pirtle to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-10-04
- Date of Creation
- October 4, 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
- BR16-161 to BR16-162
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2606
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205490
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- Dates
- 1865-10-04
Citation
Henry Pirtle to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-10-04, 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-0001-004-2606 (November 15, 2026).
Louisville,
To the Gov of Kentucky,
Dear Sir:
I have received the inclosed petition for a pardon sent me in a letter from Texas by Humphrey Marshal, with a request that I should see you personally and procure your endorsement of approval, or disapproval.
I cannot now got to Frankfort, nor do I suppose there is any necessity for me to go. I suppose he wished me to lay before you the substance of his very long letter in which he pleads most earnestly, and says he will be a good citizen. I think he has behaved very badly; but still I think it is probable it would ^not^ do any harm to let him go. He is indicted here for treason, along with many others.
Please send the paper to me, or let me know that you have had it sent to the President.
very respectfully.
Henry Pirtle
Gov. Bramlette,
Frankfort,
Ky.