Correspondence

Samuel Geisler to James F. Robinson

1862-11-09

Date of Creation
November 9, 1862
Place of Creation
Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder
R3-182 to R3-183
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0117
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32211319
People
Riendenger, Constantin
Robinson, James Fisher
Geisler, Samuel
Places
Kentucky
Newport, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1862-11-09
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Samuel Geisler to James F. Robinson, 1862-11-09, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0117 (November 12, 2026).

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Newport Ky Nov. 9th '62
Sir

Inclosed you will find a petition of some of the most respectable Citizen of Newport on behalf of C. Redinger who was found guilty, as ^you^ will see therefrom, of the offence of selling Liqour to Minors, Mr Redinger is a poor man and unable to pay his fine, he therefor takes this Method of saving himself from total ruin, which would be the consequence if is compelled to pay the fine, if you will therefor exercise your leniety and remit the commonwealths portion of his fine you

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will receive the blessing of a poor man and his familly.

If you will attend this matter soon and let me know the result you will oblige your Exellency,

Humble and Ob'd. Ser't.
Sam'l Geisler
Atty at Law.

To his Exellency
Governor Robinson
of Kentucky.

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