Petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867.

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Petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867.

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These files document Governor Thomas E. Bramlette's use of the governor's power and privilege to pardon convicts and to postpone and remit fines. Included are petitions from people convicted of a number of different offenses, from breach of peace and gambling to assault and murder.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky. Governor (1863-1867 : Bramlette)

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Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875

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Kentucky governor. From the description of Proclamation, 1863 Oct. 17. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34122466 Thomas E. Bramlette was born in Cumberland County, KY, in 1817. He was a elected a member of the KY state legislature in 1841 and served as a KY state court judge in 1856. He was a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War and a U.S. District Attorney for Kentucky in 1863. He served as Governor of Kentucky, 1863-67. He died in Louisville, KY, in...