Petition

F. Maguire et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
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
BR42-285 to BR42-286
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3407
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206173

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Dates
1863-01
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Citation

F. Maguire et al. 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-0001-004-3407 (November 15, 2026).

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To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Petition of the undersigned citizens of Louisville, respectfully represent that at the January term 1863 of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Josiah Easton was convicted on an indictment for Grand Larceny. The deft. had previously sustained an excellent character for honesty. He has a wife and four children now destitute, having no support other than that supplied by the labor of the said Eaton. He had been nearly a year in prison awaiting his trial on the above charge and has been over a year in prison since his conviction. We believe that the punishment he has already suffered, and a reference to his former good character, with the fact of the helpless condition of his innocent family, are matters that will be taken into consideration and justify an exercise of the Executive clemency in his behalf.

And your Petitioners will ever pray &c.

F. Maguire
J G Doyle

J. M. Foree
J. P. Gailbreath

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John N. Mattingly
M K Murphy
John W. Niven
Joseph Clement
John M. Farrar
J Browder
Wood Dannecker
Jos. R Buchanan
G. V. Prather
Byron Bacon
S. A. Atchison
Phil Tomppert Jr.
Joseph B. Reads
B S Geoffory
Silas F Miller

O H Strattan
Kilpatrick Strattan
Jeff. Brown.
F Clark
Geo. Bahr
A. M. Gaylay
C S Standiff
Baird & Price
W K Thomas
James S Pirtle
John Cawein
William [...]

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Louisville
No sufficient reason for Executive clemency therefore Refused
Tho E Bramlette