Translated from: ru/1910/1910-06-29_proshenie_na_imya_bakinskogo_gradonachalnika_29.txt

In view of the pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed by the prison doctor Nesterov and the doctor of the Congress Council simultaneously at the beginning of May of this year, after which I have been lying in the prison hospital continuously, I have the honor to most humbly request Your Excellency to appoint a commission of physicians to examine my state of health, which the commission will confirm as stated above by the aforementioned doctors; and taking into account that nothing objectionable was found on my person at the time of arrest, I most humbly request Your Excellency to apply the mildest possible measure of restraint and to expedite the proceedings of my case as far as possible. At the same time, I request Your Excellency to grant me permission to enter into a lawful marriage with Stefania Leandrovna Petrovskaya, residing in Baku.

29 June 1910. Petitioner:

Dzhugashvili.

Ostrovsky, A.V. Who Stood Behind Stalin. p. 329.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 1290. L. 31-32.