Requisitions for the return of fugitives from justice, 1833-1834.

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Requisitions for the return of fugitives from justice, 1833-1834.

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These are requests to Governor John Breathitt asking for the return of fugitives from justice from other states. Letters from governors and other officials of neighboring states concern fugitives charged with forgery, robbery, and murder.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt)

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John Breathitt, Kentucky's eleventh governor, was elected in 1832. He was the only Jacksonian Democrat elected governor between 1828 and 1850, and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. John Breathitt was born September 9, 1786 in New London, Virginia. In 1805 the family moved to Kentucky and settled in Russellville in Logan County. Though his schooling was meager, Breathitt learned enough to become both a teacher and a surveyor. While neither job paid partic...

Breathitt, John, 1786-1834

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The John Breathitt that kept this journal is most likely the sameperson who became Kentucky's governor in 1832. His death in 1834 made him the second of the Commonweath's governors to die in office. Born in Virginia in 1786, his family moved to Logan County (part of which became Christian County), Kentucky, around 1800. It was here that Breathitt learned surveying and read law with Caleb Wallace. From the description of John Breathitt's memorandum book : diary, 1804-1805. (Kentucky H...