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 November 12, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1148 BR11-263 to BR11-264

Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky 1864-08 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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His Excellency. Gov. Bramlette

Your Petitionir William Ellison respictfully states that at the present August Term of the Whitly Circuit Court 1864 he was fined $20. upon an Indictment for a violation of an Act entitled, "an act to amend Chapter 99 of the Revised Statutes, title "Taverns Tipling Houses &" approved Feby 21 1863. He states that James Cultrich his partner had a license to keep a Tavern, and your petitioner was employed about the taven in vending vintuous liquors, with out taking the oath, required by the act afsd, not knowing that the law required him to do so, & not knowing of the existence of the law, as the laws had not been distributed to whitly County at the time refered to in the Indictmnt -- It was a sacrifice On him to do a thing that he did not know he ought to do, he says that no possible injury has resulted from the he prays that the fine be remitt

Ellison

Sworn to before day of august 1864 by Wiliam Ellison

Tyrel Foley Clerk

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Whitley Cir Ct vs Wm Ellison $20 -- Remit 8th Sept /

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Williamsburg Aug 29th Govr Bramlet Dear Sir

I hope that you remit this fine

your friend Granville Pearl H F Finley