Oliver W. Root to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-11-08
- Date of Creation
- November 8, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Newport, Campbell 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR7-192
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-005-0121
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206378
Citation
Oliver W. Root to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-11-08, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0121 (November 12, 2026).
Newport Kentucky
To His Excellency
Thomas E. Bramlette
Gov of Kentucky
Dr Sir,
It is most respectfully requested by me that steps may be promptly taken by your Excellency to arrest and bring to this city for trial one Claudius Tift charged in the enclosed affidavit with felony. Said Tift fled the state and went to La Crosse Wisconsin after committing the offense — The case is a clear one agst him
Most respectfully
Oliver W. Root
County atty,