Commission/Appointment

Thomas E. Bramlette, Agent, Moses Cook

1865-11-17

Date of Creation
November 17, 1865
Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Commission/Appointment
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
BR6-123
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-006-0098
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206501
People
Tifft, Claudius
Winkle, Ephraim L. Van
Prentice, George Dennison
Page, James R.
Cook, Moses
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
[Unknown], [Unknown]
Places
Campbell County, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1865-11-17
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Thomas E. Bramlette, Agent, Moses Cook, 1865-11-17, 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-0001-006-0098 (February 6, 2026).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,

{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH.
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

Know Ye, That reposing especial trust and confidence in the integrity, diligence, and ability of Moses Cook, I do hereby appoint him Agent, On the part of this State, to proceed to the State of Wisconsin for the purpose of demanding and receiving from the proper authorities of said State, Claudius Tift, a Fugitive from Justice from the State of Kentucky, charged with Felony; and I do hereby authorize and direct the said Moses Cook to demand and receive the said Fugitive, bring him to this State, and deliver him to the custody of the Jailor of the County of Campbell Co' Ky.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at Frankfort, the 17th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-5, and in the seventy-fourth year of the Commonwealth.

Thos E Bramlette
By the Governor: E. L. VanWinkle, Secretary of State.
By Jas R Page
Asst Secty

GEORGE D. PRENTICE, STATE PRINTER.