Selby Harney to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-09-18
- Date of Creation
- September 18, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR15-229 to BR15-230
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2335
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205219
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- Dates
- 1865-09-18
Citation
Selby Harney to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-18, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://test.discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-2335 (December 12, 2025).
Louisville
Hon Thos E Bramlette.
Governor
Enclosed I send you a letter from Judge Harbeson in reference to a fine imposed against one of my clients at the last term of our city Court. While other of my clients were as heavily as fined I cannot and do[...] not ask for the interposition of Executive clemency. But in this case where the proof was that the house was kept so orderly I am constrained to ask for a remission — As long as time is their character of houses will Exist, and it seems that for those who keep quiet and orderly
the fine should be proportionately small; as an inducement to them to keep their houses that they may not be a scandal to the neighbors and a disgrace to the city.
I could send a petition to this effect; but am satisfied that the judges letter will be as effective as could be any petition
I am Sir Yours &c
Selby H[...]ardy