J. D. Jones to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-05-19
- Date of Creation
- May 19, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Catlettsburg, Boyd 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
- BR13-293 to BR13-294
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1773
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204660
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Citation
J. D. Jones to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-05-19, 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-0001-004-1773 (November 14, 2026).
Catlettsburg Ky
To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlett Eq
Governor of Kentucky
Frankfort Ky
Dear Sir
My old friend Frank Loar has been fined seventy dollars for selling Liquor to soldiers, in this county at the last term of our circuit court The whisky was sold by his family and he was not at Home & did not know of it They are very ignorant and did not want to take the money but one of the soldiers spoke up & said to the woman you had better take the mony & she did so not with any intention of violating the
law. Loar is a very Poor man with a large family and the only way that he has of supporting ^them^ is by daly labor I would by glad if you would release the portion of the fine that goes to the Jury fund and I know you would have this payer of Loar's family
Your obedient
servant
J. D. Jones
Boyd Cir Ct
vs
Frank Loar
$70.
Tipling
Remit
sent for fee