Correspondence

S. Griff to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Nelson 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
BR17-11 to BR17-12
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2763
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FTP Identifier
32205647

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Dates
1865-03
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Citation

S. Griff 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-0001-004-2763 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thos. E. Bramlette.

I became bail for JamesMills, who was indicted in Nelson County for Larceny — in March 1865. I append hereto the proceedings had against him.

His father. of [...] I [...], indemnified me. and will have to pay the forfeiture of $500 adjudged against me.

James Mills and those indicted with him, were at the time of the supposed offence — Union soldiers, just discharged. His father is poor, and the loss of such a sum as $500 is a heavy blow to him.
How far the military character of a man indicted in such a County of as Nelson, for a military excess. [...]ought to weigh in an application for mercy. I leave to your excellency. suggesting only, that the policy of the state, as declared by our Legislature, has been to pardon all military outrages committed during the late war, at least all that were committed by one of the parties to it.

Under these circumstances, I respectuflly ask your Excellency, to remit such portion of the judgment of forfeiture (which I have meanwhile replevied), as in your judgment would comport with the best interests of the public.

And thus in duty bound &c

S. Griff

P. S. If essential I could ^add^ any number of signatures to the foregoing petiton.

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Nelson Circuit Ct.
vs
Jas Mills
Refused