Correspondence

Thomas E. Bramlette to George Robertson et al.

Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin 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, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR1-61 to BR1-62
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-009-0032
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FTP Identifier
32207231

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Dates
1865-01-11
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Citation

Thomas E. Bramlette to George Robertson et al., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 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-0001-009-0032 (November 14, 2026).

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Commonwealth of Kentucky,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Frankfort, [...] 186[...].

Hon Geo Robertson
Mr Jno BM Clay
Col Orlando Brown
Genl Leslie Combs
— Alex Trotter
— J. sSwigert
Phil Swigert

Gent

You are requested to act as committee to determine the selection of Portrait of Mr Clay pursuant to the Resolution of the General Assembly Approved Jany 11th 1865. —

Do the Portraits on

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exhibition meet the object of the Resolution? Which of the two is the better? —

Your response to these questions is Respectfully solicited

Respectfully
Thos E Bramlette
Govr of Ky

Mr. Stauntons in my opinion gives an expression almost if not quite impossible to be excelled on canvass. No comparision between the two paintings as to merit and resemblance

John M Clay