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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, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1044 BR[11]-109 to BR[11]-110

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Thomas E. Bramlette, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:

WHEREAS, Oscar Lytle accused of stealing the Mules of Blount Hodges in McCracken County & now held in custody upon Witnesses from Examining Court for Trial

AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said Oscar Lyttle that he is drafted into the service of U.S. and from affidavit that he was not guilty of the crime charged which presents strong considerations for the interposition and indulgence of the Executive:

Now Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I have thought proper to pardon and do, by these presents, pardon the said Oscar Lytle of the offence aforesaid of which he is accused and held for trial upon condition that he immediately report himself to the proper officer and the as a drafted man and do hereby forever acquit, release, and discharge the said from the same, enjoining all officers to respect this and govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at FRANKFORT, the day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and , and in the year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR: , SECRETARY OF STATE.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.