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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-003-0088 BR5-147

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) N00012695 1831-09-29 1906-03-04 Categories: People

New York, soldier and professor. Chautauqua County, New York, native. Son of James Schofield and Carolina McAllister Schofield. Married to Harriet Bartlett Schofield in June 1857. Father of John Rathbone Schofield, William Bartlett Schofield, and Mary Campbell Schofield. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Orange County, New York, in 1853. Served in the 1st Regiment of Artillery (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from 1853 to 1855. Assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1855 to 1860. Professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1860 to April 1861. Served in the 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major in 1861. Served in the United States Army as a major, brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general from 1861 to 1895.

Relationships Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Samuel A. Miller (Olmsted County, Minnesota, pvt 2nd MN Inf, lieut and captain 1st KY Lt Art USA) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: James William Finnie (Union County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, soldier, and politician. ) Military: United States Army Military: United States War Department Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Jonathan Bates Dickson (Illinois, lieut 12th Ill Vols, capt in US AGO)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Orange County, Cornwall, p. 173B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, Orange County, Cornwall and West Point, p. 13. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Reservation, p. 197A. "To the Great Commander," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 5, 1906, p. 1. "Schofield, John McAllister," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 424. The Civil War in America: Biographies, Library of Congress, accessed May 19, 2020, https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-in-america/biographies/john-m-schofield.html. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Necrology of the Commandery of District of Columbia, 1908: Companion John McAllister Schofield, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Washington, D.C.: Press of Gibson Brothers, 1908). "John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial 1917, accessed October 9, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1917. James William Finnie (Union County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, soldier, and politician. ) N00018462 1808? Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and politician. Kentucky native. Father of Sarah Attaway Finnie and Eliza Finnie. Trustee of Caseyville, Union County, Kentucky, in 1839. Farmer in Union County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. County judge in Union County in 1851. Town commissioner in Caseyville, Union County, in 1858. Resident of Union County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Union County in 1860. Served in the United States Army as a captain and assistant provost marshal for Kentucky's 1st Congressional District from 1863 to July 1865. Police judge of Caseyville, Union County, in 1865. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Union County in 1865.

Relationships Military: United States Army Military: United States War Department

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 515A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky,Union County, Caseyville, p. 561. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Caseyville, p. 420A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Caseyville, p. 265B. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1858)December 7 1857 - February 17, 1858, vol 2 (Frankfort: A.G. Hodges, 1858), 119. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562200. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1839), December 17, 1838 - February 23, 1839 (Frankfort: A.G. Hodges, 1839), 225. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1866), December 4, 1865 - February 19, 1865 (Frankfort: George D. Prentice, 1866), 5, 150. Letters Received by the Adjutant General's Office, 1861-1870 NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M619, Roll 0369. History of Union County, Kentucky(Evansville, IN: Courier Company, 1886), 83. James E. Jacobsen,Illinois/Kentucky Ohio River Civil War Heritage Trail Historic Corridor Survey,(Report of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Kentucky Heritage Council, 1998), 346, 398, 411-412 Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) N00006011 1821? Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to L. B. Cissell. Father of John V. Cissell. Married to Jenna Doty Cissell in Union County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1855. Attorney in Union County in 1850. Attorney in Union County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Union Circuit Court Social: John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Matthew Howard (Morganfield, Kentucky, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District No., p. 457B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 209. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 34. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Union County Marriages, p. 1. Matthew Howard (Morganfield, Kentucky, physician) N00005272 1823? Categories: People

Morganfield, Kentucky, physician. New York native. Married to Mary E. Howard. Father of Mary T. Howard, Ann A. Howard, Katie Howard, and Ella Howard. Owned one enslaved person in Morganfield in 1860. Physician in Morganfield in 1860.

Relationships Political: Government of the United States of America

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 206. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 33. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Union County, Kentucky P00001845 Categories: Places

Seat at Morganfield, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio and Tradewater rivers.

37.6639, -87.9727 Ron D. Bryant, "Union County" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 907-08. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Union County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 5, 2019). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Webster County, Kentucky P00002312 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Dixon. Located on the Green River.

37.5178, -87.6903 James Duane Bolin, "Webster County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 939-40. "Dixon, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/, accessed September 6, 2019. Crittenden, Kentucky P00016257 Categories: Places

Town in Grant County, Kentucky.

38.7854, -84.6044 "Crittenden, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 1, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984). Hopkins County, Kentucky P00002615 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Madisonville.

37.3281, -87.4989 Ann Brown, "Hopkins County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 439-40. "Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 144. Morganfield, Kentucky P00001832 Categories: Places

Seat of Union County, Kentucky.

37.6834, -87.9167 Ron D. Bryant, "Morganfield" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 653. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Morganfield, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 6, 2019). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. United States War Department O00005118 1789 Categories: Organizations

Created in 1789 upon the inauguration of President George Washington. Responsible for oversight of all military departments. Led by the Secretary of War. Civil War-era secretaries of war: John B. Floyd (1857-1860), Joseph Holt (January-March 1861), Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862), and Edwin M. Stanton (January 1862-May 1868).

Relationships Military: William Henry Seward (New York governor, attorney and politician) Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Eli Houston Murray (Breckenridge County, KY, soldier) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, The Union: A Guide to the Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962, reprinted 1986), 242-44. L. D. Ingersoll, A History of the War Department of the United States (Washington, D.C.: Francis B. Mohun, 1880). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 1, The Eastern Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-06-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville June 15th 1864 Sir.

As you will perceive I have been deputed by the people of Union Co Kentucky to confer with your Excellency on matters set forth in the accompanying remonstrance.

I hold the original with signatures attached, believing that you might possibly direct its transmission to the War Depart. or to the Gen. Commdg this Department. The margin of the original is left open to be filled as you may deem best

I also hold the affidavits of returned Southern Officers, which sets forth the fact that Union Co has sent 510 recruits to the Southern Army -- independent of those who have acted with roving Guerrilla bands

The Provost Marshall of the Co. Capt Finnie says the Co is credited with 200 who have enlisted in the Fed. Army. 180 blacks have been forcibly conscripted. And yet the present call on that Co is for 452 more! The sum total (nearly 900) is preposterously large. The entire voting population since a portion has been cut off to from Webster Co. has never reached 1200. There is a mistake somewhere. The quotas of Crittendenand Hopkins under the last call, are less than 50 each, as I am informed. It is apparent that a mistake exists prejudicial to Union Co. we respectfully ask you to enquire into & rectify it.

Let me entreat you by every consideration of justice and humanity, to intervene with your whole power as Chief Magistrate, in the case of the orphan girls named in the accompanying affidavit of B. P. Cissel. The Hon Ben. has always been a rebel in feeling, but his solemn affirmation is above impeachment If you desire to honor me with any

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communication, I will receive it if directed to Louisville this week or to Morganfield afterwards. If you desire a personal interview, I will take great pleasure in waiting on your Excellency either at Frankfort or elsewhere

I know you are overburdened with care at this particular juncture. We will regard your attention to our grievances amid your other cares as a special favor

With sentiments of profound respect I have the honor to be Your Obt. Servant Matthew Howard