Correspondence

Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Rockcastle 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
BR43-192
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3068
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205911

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Granville Pearl 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-0001-004-3068 (November 14, 2026).

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Gov Bramlitte

Dear sir the cases that [...] write & in in the Rockcastle Circuit Court 1/3 cases ought to be pardoned they done nothing but what we right thinking thought that they were Rebbls they had foght in the Union Army and was [...] such [...] than there [...] —

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— they have done their duty I hope that you will pardon them I will be responsible for this pardon and will defend you

Yours Truly
Granville Pearl
Judge of the 19th Judicial Distric of Ky