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 November 11, 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-0001-004-1223 BR11-379

Metcalfe County, Kentucky Metcalfe County, Kentucky 1864-09-10 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Rockland Mills Sept 10th 1864 To His Excelency Thomas E Bramlet Dear Sir

I enclose herein a petition for the release of a fine agaist Preston W. Lee Lee lives within two miles of my residence he is a poor fieble old man I suppose about sixty he lives in an out the way place and has been looked upon ^as^ a quiet peacable neighbor do not recollet of ever hearing him charged with selling liquor at all untill this case come up which is said to have been brought up from spite as I understand from him and others a few young men in these war times stoped at his house one day and got their dinner for which he only charged them a dime and ^charged^ for some liquor ^also^ under the circumstances I would like to have the old

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man released respectfully yours

W. O. Newman