Correspondence

R. B. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-11-25

Date of Creation
November 25, 1865
Place of Creation
Covington, Kenton 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
BR16-238 to BR16-239
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2645
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FTP Identifier
32205529

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Dates
1865-11-25
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R. B. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-11-25, 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-0001-004-2645 (November 14, 2026).

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Covington Novr 25/65
To His Excellency
Govr Bramlette
Dear Sir

Wm Spencer who was convicted of grand Larceny at the last Term of the Kenton Circuit Court, The facts developed on the trial were that he was a stranger here having boarded at the house only a few days & that he stole a pair of pants from a fellow boarder — Spencer has friends in New York of means and respectability and I am assured by a gentleman upon whose

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Statements I confidently rely that this is his first offence and from the Statement of the Rev W P Jermane he is repentant & Mr Areson his uncle assures me that he will take him to N York & put him into business & and do all in his power to reform him. Spencer is young only twenty years old; and upon all the facts of the case and Surrounding it I can earnestly ask your Excellency to pardon him

Very Sincerly
Your friend
R B Carpenter
Comths Atty
9th District