Correspondence

William S. Downey to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-05-31

Date of Creation
May 31, 1864
Place of Creation
Lexington, Fayette 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
BR10-312 to BR10-313
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0853
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32203740

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1864-05-31
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William S. Downey to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-05-31, 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-0001-004-0853 (November 12, 2026).

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Lexington May 31st 1864
Govr Bramlette
Dr Sir,

At the last term ^May 1864^ of the Clark Circuit Court, Winchester. E. Reese, and John Huthcraft were fined upon confession by the court $40. each for Retailing without license. They are partners in the grocery business, and keep an extensive establishment. Their license had expired and without being aware of it they furnished two friends with a quart each of their liquor. Govenor these are two of the very best gentlemen in Kentucky, and they do not Keep or sell liquor for profit and I assure you that I know they did not intend to violate the law.

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It was purely an oversight, but still I had to take the Judgment, and I now request you Governor to save them from the penalty of the Fine. Plenty of gentlemen in Frankfort know both of these gentlemen, and their social position, and will tell you that they are utterly incapable of a willful violation of the law.

Respectfully
W. S. Downey

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Govr Thos E Bramlette
Frankfort
Ky