T To his Excellency Tho^s H. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky —

Your Petitioner NJ. JG. Fletcher a citizen of Fulton County, Kentucky would respectfully state unto your Excellency that at the last Sept Term 1865 of the Fulton Circuit Court he was convicted in three cases of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against him of selling liquor to slaves, & in each case fined $50.00 — Now your Petitioner would state that at the time said liquor was sold, he was a regular licensed tavern keeper in Fulton County Ky and had the privilege of retailing spirituous at his house, and he had no intention to violate the Laws of this Commonwealth — Your Petitioner would state that he has ever been a good citizen of this Commonwealth and that he is a poor man with a large family to support — Your Petitioner would call your Excellencys attention to the unsettled condition of our country for the last four years and especially this part of Ky, & the exact status in which the military have regarded slaves within the past two years and ask your Excellency to look with clemency on his action in selling liquor to a class who were upheld & supported by the military down here as superior

to the white race, and grant remission of the said fines —

All which is most respectfully and urgently asked —
Oct 29^th 1865 —

John G Fletcher

We the undersigned citizens of Fulton County Ky, would state that we have known NJ. JG. Fletcher, the foregoing Petitioner, for the last eight years that he has ever been a quiet, peaceable and orderly citizen, that he is an honest & upright man, has a wife and large family living here, that he is a poor man, & would respectfully ask the Executive to remit the fines imposed upon him at last Sept Court, believing that the good citizens of this County would approve the act — October 30^th 1865 —

If fine remitted please enclose remission to Petitioner — John G. Fletcher — or to A D. Kingman his atto — Hickman Fulton Co. Ky.