Richard Yates, Requisition
1862-12-29
- Date of Creation
- December 29, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R3-1
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-034-0001
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212218
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Citation
Richard Yates, Requisition, 1862-12-29, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 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-0001-034-0001 (November 13, 2026).
RICHARD YATES,
{STATE SOVEREIGNTY
NATIONAL UNION}
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
To His Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky
It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the Laws of this State, that Edwin S. Piper Alias E. B. Ballard stands charged with Forgery in Cook County in this State and it has been represented to me that he has fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge in the State of Kentucky
Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States, in such case made and provided, I do hereby require that the said Edwin S. Piper Alias E. B. Ballard be apprehended and delivered to Smith C. Storer who is hereby duly authorized to receive him and convey him to the State of Illinois, there to be dealt with according to Law.
{Seal}
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of State to be hereunto affixed. Done at the City of Springfield, this
Rich. Yates.
BY THE GOVERNOR
O. M. Hatch
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Illinois
Warrant for E. S. Piper
alias
E B. Ballard
Felony
Issd.