Providence Ky July 5^th 1861
To his Excellency
The Gov of Kentucky
Dear sir

I have been assigned the petition asking you to remit the Judgement against Benj Armstrong & and have ^also^ seen the letter of E P Campbell and endorse & approve of all that ^is^ said in the Petition & letter

It was my sons that charged Joel H Armstrong with theft & have him arrested hearing of which I immediately called on B. Armstrong the father of J. H. & went with him to Princeton to see about the case, found his son under guard trying to procure a friend to assign his bond to keep him from Jail. he seemed much dejected and made that kind of appeal to his father that any Parent would have yielded too, though he had told me on our way over that he could not go into a bond as he had nothing to spare from the support of his family should his son not appear. there are none who sympathise with the son but not a man in the whole country but deeply sympathise with the father he served his Country faithfully in the war of 1812 is a clever man & universally respected by all

who know him, is also barely able to pay the Judgement by selling his little home which is his only reliance to raise his family if you will relieve him ^from^ this Judgement your will gratify this whole community

Respectfully yours
D Head