William Goriss et al. to James F. Robinson
- Document Genre
- Petition
- 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
- R4-449
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0603
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211805
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Citation
William Goriss et al. to James F. Robinson, 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-0001-029-0603 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency
James F. Robinson
We your petitioners whose names are hereunto signed knowing Peter Wilkins to be a poor man and man of a family, and disposed to follow the ways of honesty would respectfully ask that the fine assessed against him in the case herewith transmitted be remitted, he not knowing at the time of the commission of the offense that he was doing any act in violation of Law —
Wm [Goriss]
W F Swift
J C Calhoun
W F Norton
J, G, Fisher
Geo Smedly
J W Brom
A L Jones
Wm, W, Herndon
John P Hart
E, R, Hart
G. W. Ratcliffe
John Q. A King
G. F Rabb
D A Given