Petition

Ann Murphy to Thomas E. Bramlette

Document Genre
Petition
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
BR10-69
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0698
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FTP Identifier
32203585

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Dates
--03
1864-04-05
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Citation

Ann Murphy to Thomas E. Bramlette, 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://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0698 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky:

Your Petitioner Ann Murphy would respectfully represent[...] that at the March term of the Lexington City Court she was tried for the offence of "Selling Liquor to slaves" and fined in the sum of Fifty Dollars; That she is poor, lone woman with an infant child dependant on her for support; That she has been in Kentucky only for a short time and that formerly she was a resident of Iowa and that she was not aware that under the laws of Kentucky it was prohibited to sell to negroes the same as to other persons and it was wholly in consequence of her ignorance in reference to this matter that she thus sold as above stated.

In view of these facts she would respectfully ask your Excellency to remit said fine except fees and costs and she will ever pray.

Ann Murphy

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Lexington City Court
vs
Ann Murphy
$50 —
Tipling selling liquor to Slaves
Remitted
5th Apl/64