Raywick Ky..
July 13^th 1865
To your Excellency T. E. Bramlet

Dear sir I write to inform you that I am now living in Raywick Marion county Ky,, I moved to this place last Christmas & soon after I was applied to to ^become^ Post Master at this place & I accepted the offer as I had ben nearly ruined by the war & was keeping a small Grocery Store trying to make a living for my large Family, during last week the Town passed an ordinance that all Business houses should be cl^o^ssed on the Sabath & ^I^ was glad to see ^it^ & on last Sabath morning while I was attending to ^the^ Post Office a man came in with two small children & wanted 5c worth of candy as his children was very fretful & as I thought there was no harm in it I let him have it & the next morning an enimay of mind

had me arrested & tried for selling the candy & ^the^ court fined me five Dollars & cost which was aboute as much & as my Scanty means will not justify my giving that a way I ask you if you can remit the whole of it as it was done through malace the court all Say that if this will not do that thay will all s sine a petision to have it remited as ninetenths of the wole whole place will do the same the court thinks this will be the better plan as they donot want it known who had a hand in it your ^early^ complyance to this ^will^ greatly oblige your old friend

& umble Servant

S, T, Crowdus
late of Campbellsville Ky..
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I for got to name in the proper place that the Guerillars have injured me very much during the last winter Cap^t Marions men took from me the last 5c I had in the & a great many Groceries & Capt,, Sol Thompson's men where here very often so I have but very little left

Yours in haste
S, T, C

S. T. Crowdus