Correspondence

A. C. Schlenker to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-04-24

Date of Creation
April 24, 1865
Place of Creation
Metcalfe 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
BR1-66 to BR1-67
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-009-0036
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32207235

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Dates
1865-04-24
1865-02-04
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A. C. Schlenker to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-04-24, 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-0001-009-0036 (November 13, 2026).

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Metcalfe County Ky
April 24th 1865

To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Govenor of the State of Kentucky I hereby respectfully beg leave to inform you that I attempted to arrest Richard Williams, the man that killed Neal on the 4th day of Feb 1865 and failed from the following reasons I went to Indianapolis Ind and found that he had Substituted,, giving his proper name place of Residence &c has since as you will find been transfered from the 6thCongDistInd and assigned to the 33 RegIndVols after learning this I was reccommended to Govenor Morton he being absent I saw his Sect and his advise was for you to make a recquisition for his deliverry to our State and as your humble Servant beg you as our cheif magistrate to promptly attend to it N. B. the 33 Ind vols. are at —

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Wilmington, N, C, please do us the honor and favor to inform us what action has been taken upon the part of your excellency and what will be my further duty to have him delivered to our civil authorities as I have undertaken the matter

Permit us to Remain Respectfuly
Your most obedient Servt
A. C. Schlenker

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Edmunton Aprl the 25th
1865

To his his Excellency
Thomas E Bramblet Govenor
of Ky I would say to you that
I am well acquanted with Mr Shinker & that he is all wright
& a gentleman & I would be
glad that you would do
some thing in this case if you can

John Y Wallace
Judge of the Metcalfe
County Cort

[Done]

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1865