James Shindler et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Document Genre
- Petition
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
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- MG25-95
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2331
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- 32210731
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Citation
James Shindler et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-2331 (November 12, 2026).
Hon Thos E. Bramlett, Gov'r of Ky, the undersigned citizens and residents of the city of Louisville Ky would respectfully represent that they are personally acquainted with Paul Garis, (who has been indicted in Nelson circuit Court for larceny and attempting to intice away a slave named Cirella) and[...]for several years, having been associated with him in the Masonic Lodge, and other capacietes during that time, and they can state that they have always known him as a man of honor and integrity, and from his general character they fully believe the said charges are utterly groundless and false as well as malicious
We are also acquainted with Charles J. Vander Espt, (who sends a written affidavit with this) and have known him for sevral years, and have associated with him in the same capacity, and they know him to be a man of honor truth and integrity, and any statement made by him can be implicitly relied on.
James Shindler
Benj A Flood
Wm A. Warner
Andrew. J. Flanagan
B Griswold Jr
N. P. Kendrick
Dan B. Grable
Lc Larukes
Wm B Grable
T. Parquier
J. S. Besançon
T,, Besancon
[Eng] Michot
Louis Michot
J. Victor Besançon
Joseph Pargny
Jas H West.
M. Cassell
Henry Rowland.
George Vaccaro
James H. Pool