Correspondence

Andrew L. Robinson to Oliver P. Morton

1865-05-15

Date of Creation
May 15, 1865
Place of Creation
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Document Genre
Correspondence
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
BR6-74 to BR6-75
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-006-0061
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206465
People
Robinson, Andrew Lucas
Rutherford, John Walter
Morton, Oliver P.
Dowell, Robert Alexander
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Crittenden County, Kentucky
Evansville, Indiana
Indiana
Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
State of Indiana
Dates
1865-05-15
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Citation

Andrew L. Robinson to Oliver P. Morton, 1865-05-15, 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-0001-006-0061 (January 20, 2026).

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Evansville Inda
May 15. 1865
Gov. Morton

Enclosed I hand you copy of a record in a case of the State vs John W. Rutherford who has fled into Crittenden County State of Kentucky, with the request that you grant a requsition upon Governor Bramlette for the rendition of the fugitive to the end that he may be brought into this County for trial

I respectfully recommend R. A. Dowell Esq as a suitable person to act as your Agent to receive the fugitive from the authorities in Kentucky and to bring him into Indiana

You will please have the requsition sent[with] sendt direct

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to Gov B. with the request that the warrant for the apprehension of Rutherford may be sent to me at this place and I will see that they are forwarded to the proper officer in Crittenden County

Very Respy & truly
A. L. Robinson

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J. W. Rutherford
Requisitionfor