James Lester to James F. Robinson
1863-01-15
- Date of Creation
- January 15, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R3-285 to R3-286
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0189
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211391
Citation
James Lester to James F. Robinson, 1863-01-15, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0189 (November 12, 2026).
Eddyville Lyon County Ky
Hon. J F Robinson
Frankfort
Ky
Dear Sir:
About the middle of December last a petition was addressed, to you by gentlemen of the Bar, asking you to excuse me from the payment of the sum of one hundred dollars, the amount of a forefeited recognizance bond. The grounds for release were, the fact of heavy losses by me on account of the rebellion, and the fact that the party was accused of a trifling misdemeanor, and has been since the war commenced in the rebel army. and that at the time of Court when the judgment was obtained against me the rebels were claiming possession of this portion of the state. The petition was signed by the mem=
bers of the bar generally.
I have not had an answer from you in reply to my petition and I do not know whether the petition has failed to reach you, or whether it is not granted. The execution is now in the hands of the sheriff, and per consiquence. I am anxious to know whether the amount is remitted or not. Please write me upon receipt of this at Louisville in the care of A B Semple & Sons and obliged &c.
Very respectfully Yr Obt St
— James Lester
P. S.
I will be in Louisville until the
You Obt Servant
James Lester
James Lester
Eddyville
(see his)
Pettn for rem of fine