William B. Jones et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-08-03
- Date of Creation
- August 3, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
- 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
- BR11-204 to BR11-205
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1114
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204001
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Citation
William B. Jones et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-08-03, 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-0001-004-1114 (December 11, 2025).
Bowling Green Kentucky
To his Excellency Thos. E. Bramlette,
Govr. of Kentucky.
At the present
Confederate notes, & which notes said citizens were bound to accept or have their crops, stock &c taken without compensation & subjecting themselves perhaps to other dangers for refusing. By this means many thousands of dollars of such paper were placed in the hands of our people & if they had been compelled to hold it until after the Federal army had occupied our town it would have been rendered almost valuless in their hands, from which they would have suffered almost irreparably. On the other hand by having the opportunity of exchanging same for coin our farmers, upon the coming in of the Union Army, were found with more money (in coin) in their possession than they had, perhaps, ever before had. We therefore think the business of Mr. Allen, & some others in like manner engaged, was of almost incalculable benefit to our people & drew from the Rebel Army a large amount of their coin. Under all the circumstances we are of the opinion that your Excellency would do right in remitting said
fine or judgment & we earnestly and respectfully request that you do so.
Wm B Jones atty for the Comth
I parted with, volentarily or otherwise, a good deal of stock & "truck," generally whilst the rebels were here & had as a matter of course, to take Southern money but converted the Same into coin immediately & feel that the brokers done me & the public a great favor in purchasing the depreciated paper we were required to take & therefore unite in the prayer of the petition
Wm V. Loving
I was a refugee from home when the Rebels occupied Bowlinggreen but heartily concur in the petition believing from the information since derived from my neighbors that the business of a broker conducted by H P Allen was highly beneficial to the Citizens of the Town & County
J, B, Underwood
We concur in the above petition
L L Cooke Clerk
Warren Circuit Court
S. S Potter Sheriff
James H Rose — clk co. Court
I believe the business of a broker in Bowling Green Ky — at the time the Rebels were here, was a positive good to the people & therefor I concur in the petition —
R Rodes —
C Green
H. V. Loving
H. H. Skiles
I was by necessity in Bowlinggreen, during the whole time it was occupied by the rebel army. Considering the circumstances then surrounding us, when but few, beside myself, had faith, that said army would soon be driven from the place, and the larger number of our people were utterly despondent, I am clearly opinion, it is right that Mr. Allen be relieved from the fine, to the extent that the govenor has power to remit.
Arthur W Graham
Warren Cir Ct
vs
H P. Allen
Remit
$1050 —
