Lemuel J. Bowden letter October 15, 1863

Norfolk, Va., October 15, 1863.
To the President :
Hon. L. H. Chandler has this moment informed me that Doctor Wright is ordered for execution in the morning, and that it is very desirable he should be granted a respite for one week in order to the arrangement of his private affairs and the making of some provision for his afflicted family.
I hope most certainly that you will not find it inconsistent with your sense of duty to grant this short delay.
Be pleased to answer this at once.
With highest regards, I am, yours, &c,
LEMUEL J. BOWDEN.

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55th Congress 3d Session House of Representatives Document No. 312
The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Published under the direction of the Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War,
By Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, Chief of the record and pension office, war department, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley.
Series II – Volume VI.
Washington: Government printing office.
1899