Correspondence

E. A. Irvine to Unknown

Place of Creation
Hickman, Fulton 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
BR42-97
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3283
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206061

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Dates
--05-22
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Citation

E. A. Irvine to Unknown, 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-0001-004-3283 (November 13, 2026).

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Hickman Co Ky May the 22

Dear husband I take my pen in hand to let yo know that i am in the land of living and am well at present W M Minie is well at present She says She wants to see yo very bad She Says She wond knows yo want to See her She kisses your picture everyday Johny is well and fat as ever he can most walk I am staying at mr Cantrells yet Mr Cantrell has got your colt home the old man wont let me have the Couws he wants old kit back but he wont get her he let mr Cantrell and thorn hav their wheat and taken the ballance and fed it to his hor horses and i have my bred to by i have found your pistol and have sold it i have let robison have ball he is to have him pat and give me 5 barels of corn i could not write to y the rebels have been here ever since yo left the male has not been running may god bless yo in your troubles and trials your is truly now and foErever E Arivine

E A Irvine

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George A Irvine
bear of Samuel dolle
keeper of the peniteniery
Frankford Ky