Auditor's Office, Kentucky,
Frankfort, 2^nd Febry, 1863
[...], Esq.:
Dear Sir:

His Excellency
James F Robinson
Sir

Judgment was obtained against the Sheriff of Nicholas Co, (A, J, Banta) for balance ^of $2603 ⁶⁵/100^ due on the [...] of said County ^for 1861^ at the February Term 1862 of the Franklin Circuit Court and damages ^obtained^ amounting to $520 ⁷³/100 — The whole of the principal interest and costs have been paid — and from conversations with persons from Nicholas I am satisfied that it was impossible for to collect the revenue & pay it in by the time required by law — Mr Fitz Monger a highly respectable gentleman and able lawyer from Nicholas County will give you a statement of the facts as they existed in his County, and I hope you will give the parties such relief as you think they are entitled to —

Respectfully
Grant Green
Aud^r

Franklin Cir. Ct
$520.73. } Damages
Sheriff Nicholas Co.
Remission Iss^d
Feby 2. 1863