Richard Yates, Requisition
1864-07-30
- Date of Creation
- July 30, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR6-41
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-006-0038
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206443
Citation
Richard Yates, Requisition, 1864-07-30, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 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-0001-006-0038 (November 12, 2026).
RICHARD YATES,
{STATE
SOVEREIGNTY.
NATIONAL UNION}
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky
It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the Laws of this State, that Robert Pullum stands charged in Morgan County with the crime of Murder and it has been represented to me that he has fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge in the State of Kentucky
Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provision of the Constitution and Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do hereby require that the said Robert Pullum be apprehended and delivered to D. C. Fry who is hereby duly authorized to receive [...] and convey [...] to the State of Illinois, there to be dealt with according to law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. Done at the City of Springfield, this
{SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
AUG 26 1818}
Richd Yates
BY THE GOVERNOR:
O. M. Hatch
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Requisition from Govr Illinois
Warrant issued