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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-027-0035 R2-53 to R2-54

New York, New York County, New York James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer) N001004 1800-10-04 1882-10-31 Categories: People

Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266. John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. William Henry Engle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7. Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) N00010150 Categories: People

New York attorney and customs collector. Jefferson County, New York, native. Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1834. Attorney. Customs collector of the Port of New York in 1862.

The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1862, vol. 2, (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867), 756. DeAlva Stanwood Alexander, A Political History of the State of New Yor, vol. 2 (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906), 395-397. KYR-0001-027-0035. John Albion Andrew (Massachusetts, governor) N00010134 1818-05-31 1867-10-30 Categories: People

Massachusetts, governor. Windham, Maine, native. Son of Jonathan Andrew and Nancy Green Pierce Andrew. Married to Eliza Jane Hersey Andrew in Hingham, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1848. Father of Charles Albion Andrew, John F. Andrew, Elizabeth Andrew, Edith Andrew, and Henry Andrew. Graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in August 1837. Admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1840. Attorney in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1840. Member of the Anti-Slavery Party of Massachusetts, by which he was elected to the state legislature. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1859. Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. Governor of Massachusetts from January 6, 1861, to January 6, 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston Ward 06, p. 749. Massachusetts, State Census, 1865, Suffolk County, Boston Ward 6, vol. 32, roll #29 (accessed via ancestry.com). Henry Greenleaf Pearson, The Life of John A. Andrew Governor of Massachusetts 1861-1865, vol. 1 (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904), 1-2, 22, 25, 50, 54, 69, 111-12, William T. Davis, Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Two Volumes, vol. 1 (Boston: The Boston History Company, 1895), 174-75. “Obituary: Ex-Gov. John A. Andrew, of Massachusetts,” The New York Times, October 31, 1867, p.4. James Wolfe Ripley (Brigadier General (U.S.A.)) N00010139 1794-12-10 1870-03-15 Categories: People

Connecticut soldier. Windham County, Connecticut native. Attended United States Military Academy in West Pont, New York. Served in the 1st Artillery Corps (U.S.A.) as 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, and battalion quarter master from June 1, 1814, to June 1, 1821. Served in the 4th Artillery Corps as captain from June 1, 1821, to May 30, 1832. Served in the Army Ordnance as captain and major from May 30, 1832, to April 16, 1841. Appointed Superintendent of United States Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1841. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 31, 1854. Chief of ordnance from April 23, 1861, to September 15, 1863. Brevetted brigadier general on July 2, 1861, and major general on March 13, 1865.

Ezra J. Warner Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002), 404-05. Francis B. Heitman, ed., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903, vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 832. George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., vol. 1, 3rd ed. (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1891), 120-23. F. Hoffman (New York) N00010152 Categories: People

Wrote a letter to James F. Robinson on September 4, 1862, offering the sale of firearms to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Relationships Social: James Wolfe Ripley (Brigadier General (U.S.A.)) Social: John Albion Andrew (Massachusetts, governor)

KYR-0001-027-0035. William Ambrose Dudley (Lexington, KY, attorney, quartermaster general, and univ trustee ) N00007039 1824-06-09 1870-03-19 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and university trustee. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin W. Dudley. Married to Mary J. Dudley. Father of Benjamin Dudley Jr., William Dudley, and Mary Dudley. Graduate of Princeton College in 1842. Attorney in Fayette County from c1844 to 1860. President of the Louisville and Lexington Railway Company in 1850. Commissioner to Washington D.C. with Francis K. Hunt in 1861. Appointed quartermaster general of Kentucky on October 3, 1861. Secretary of the board of trustees of Transylvania University in 1865.

Relationships Political: Francis Key Hunt (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: John B. Wilgus (Lexington, Kentucky, merchant, banker, businessman, and soldier) Military: John B. Wilgus (Lexington, Kentucky, merchant, banker, businessman, and soldier) Legal: George Blackburn Kinkead (Fayette County, KY, attorney and trustee of Transy University) Legal: Benjamin Gratz (Lexington atto & businessman) Legal: Madison Conyers Johnson (Fayette County, KY, attorney, bank director, professor, and chair of Transy U trustees)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 192B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 350. Z. F. Smith, The History of Kentucky (Louisville: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1892), 611-612. The Military Department of Kentucky, Military History of Kentucky (Frankfort: The State Journal, 1939), 95. Lexington History Museum, "Lexington and Frankfort Railroad", http://lexhistory.org/wikilex/lexington-frankfort-railroad, (accessed June 13, 2017). Find A Grave, "William Ambrose Dudley (1824-1870)," Memorial #8872034, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8872034 (accessed June 13, 2017). KYR-0001-009-0038. New York City, New York P00002569 Categories: Places

City in New York County, New York. Located at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

40.7128, -74.0059 George Lankevich, "New York City" in Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City. “New York, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 15, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Massachusetts P00001140 Categories: Places

State in the northeast United States. Capital at Boston. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

42.3601, -71.0589 Jack Tager, Martha L. Clark, and John S. Driscoll, "Massachusetts," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 17, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts. “Boston, Massachusetts," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed on June 9, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Prussian Army O00010154 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Kingdom of Prussia.

KYR-0001-027-0035. 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). New York, New York County, New York 1862-09-04 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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New YorkSept 4/ 1862 47 Barclay Str. Governor Robinson Louisville, Ky. Sir

The undersigned begs leave to offer for sale to the Government of your State a lot of new and well made firearms which were consigned to him by some European manufacturers, viz

1, 26000 1st Class Prussian muskets -- such as are used in the Prussian army -- with Bajonets -- regulation pattern -- 72 inch bore 2, 24000 Belgian Rifled muskets -- with Bajonets -- 69 inch bore 3, 10000 Enfield Rifles with Baj.

All these guns are now in the U. S. Bonded Warehouse in this City and can be delivered to your Government at once upon the payment of the duty or upon the proper order given by the General Govt at Washinigton to Collector Barney that the arms be delivered duty free. -- The Prussian guns we offer at $10 a piece: though smooth bored they are a most effective weapon, when loaded with ball or buckshot: the Belgian Rifles (No 2) we offer at $10 also: the Enfield (No 3) at

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at $20 a piece: 8000 of them are burnished, 2000 unburnished. I warrant all the pieces perfect and like the samples which are in my hands and can be shown to any person whom you may designate. I am confident that all the arms will pass the most rigid inspection and am willing that, if any should be found not up to the standard, they be rejected.

My terms are net cash upon delivery.

Should the Government of your State wish to purchase the arms (either all or part of them), you will please to designate a person or Agent in this City, authorized to act in behalf of your Government and make the necessary contract and payment.

As regards my character and social standing I have the pleasure to refer you to Governor J. A. Andrewof Massachusetts, from whom I hold a letter of introduction to Brig. Gen. Ripley U. S. A. Ordnance Dep. -- If required I can give you also the very highest references in this City.

By an early reply you will confer a favor,

I am, Sir, Respectfully Your obedient Servant F. Hoffman 47 Barclay Str, N. Y.

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