Petition

Nixon Palmer to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-01-23

Date of Creation
January 23, 1865
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
BR12-272
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1460
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FTP Identifier
32204347

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Dates
1864-08-15
1865-01-23
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Citation

Nixon Palmer to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-01-23, 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-0001-004-1460 (November 14, 2026).

[Page 1]

To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky —

Your petitioner Nixon Palmer would represent unto your Excellency that on the 15th day of August 1864 at a Circuit Court held for the County of Garrard, a judgment was rendered against him in favor of the Commonwealth for the sum of Twenty dollars under an indictment found in said Court against him for gaming —

He asks your Excellency to remit said fine.

January 23rd 1865 —

Nixon Palmer.

I recommend to the Governer to remit said fine —
Jas L. Anderson S. G. C.

[Page 2]

Garrard Cir Ct
vs
Nixon Palmer

refused