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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-0001-004-1927 BR14-42 to BR14-43

Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky 1865-05-27 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Cave City Kentucky May 27th 1865 Maj Warren Dr Sir

I have just learned that a petition is being got up for the purpos of getting the Govenor of Ky to pardin one Pat Robinson the man who shot me some fifteen or sixteen months ago and was tried at the Barren circuit court and sentenced to the penitenary for four years I understand that the petition dose not contain one word of truth they charge that he was tried by a secess jury and did not have a fare trial this is not so

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they charge that the said Robinson once belonged to the southern army and deserted it and joined the union army and that I said somithing to him about it -- not one word of truth in it I did not see him for about five years and did not see him for eight months befor he shot me -- Did not know he was in the Country until the night he came to my house and shot me had no conversation with him he nocked at the door and I opened it & he shot me give no reasons for it I want you to see the Gov and make a statement of the facts you have heard thim -- it was one of the

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most darring attemps to commit murder that has ever occured in this County -- I will if necessary get up a remonstrance agst the petition and now there is not a union in this county but will assign it -- Roberson Irish friends dose not want him turned out -- his character is that of a thief and a bad man -- I do not know who is the mover of this thing but supose it is got up at horse cave Hart Co by some unprincipal vilan -- you will do me the kindness to attend to this -- I supose you are not acting for sutch a man the country is interested in the punishing all

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men who have no use for courts if what they are to be set asid in this way -- Judge Alexander & the Comth. atto. can give the facts to the Gov, if he diseres it -- please attend to this on receipt of it and let me hear from you

y W. L. Poynter