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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-0001-004-1265 BR11-447 to BR11-448

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To His Excelency Gov. Bramlette

Your Petitioner A. Smith would respectfully represent that at the last July term of the Equity & criminal court in Warren County he was fined ^Sixty dollars^ on an Indictment for Retailing Spirrits without a licens your petitioner pleads guilty to the charge but the offince was committed during the time of the Rebelion & while Kentucky was over run by rebels -- your petitioner was and is a verry poor man with a family of Small children and felt he was forced to do Some thing to make Some money and did Buy a Jug of Whiskey & take it to a public Sale a retail it under the advice of Some friends & neighbors Sober good citizens your petitioner further states he has never made a practice of pedling Spiritous Liquors and never intends to is in favor of the enforcement of the laws -- the restorative of the union under the constitution and will go and Sin no more. and would pray your Excelency to remit the fine and will Ever pray

Allen A Smith

Octr 1st 1864

Sworn to by Allen Smith before the undersigned this the 1" day of October 1864

H Y Gardner J P W C

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The undersigned Loyal Citizens of Warren County would Represent that they are well acquainted with the within named A. Smith the petitioner and know him to be a know him to be a verry poor man a Steady good citizen not given to violating the laws -- and would most respectfully present his case as one worthy Executive clemency and ever pray

October 1" 1864

Names S H Glen T, W, Ewing Wm, M Arnold J, H, Ewing Jas, H, Ewing J, W, Cole John Brite Samel Witherspoon F,, T,, Sears S W Burton Wm H H Burton A N Roberts

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Warren Equity & Crim Ct vs A. Smith $60. Tipling Remitted 7th Jany/65