Frankfort Ky
June 5^th 1862
My Dear Governor

I much regret that you were not at home and that I could not see you upon my visit to Frankfort Besides wanting to converse with you on matters personal to you & myself I desired to present the petition of Jacob Hauserman for pardon His is a hard case and I trust you will read his petition and find it consistent with your official duty to pardon him. An unlimited number of names could have been gotten to his petition but I thought it best to get them principally of his own countrymen who knew him here in his native land & know him here and can vouch reliably for his character.

All of the Jurymen who connected him would gladly have signed the petition but I could not see them; they live in the county and I could not spare the time & go after them. All that I asked cheerfully signed this petition and some of the names of the six who signed are familiar enough to you to guaranty that the petition is all right. Among them is Tho^s H Crawford late Mayor of Louisville & Buck Miller whom you personally know.

I hope My Dear Governor you will parden Hauserman. He is an old man and is not guilty of theft as I verily believe. He found the stolen articles and thought they were his by the finding. I did not appear as counsel in his defense; for if I had he should never have been convicted. I would have proven for him such a character for

honesty as to forbid the idea of his committing the larceny charged.

I would not ask this pardon, My Dear Governor, if I did not believe it right I never have asked you to do wrong and I never will. You pardoned one man more than a year ago upon my request and he has turned out well — worthy of the character I assured you he have. If you will pardon Hauserman I will guaranty that he will turn out all right He is no thief and never will be one.

Yours truly
R. T. Durrett