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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-0001-004-2066 BR14-258

Russell County, Kentucky Russell County, Kentucky 1865-07 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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To His Excellency Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette

Your petitioners Nathan McClure States that he was indicted by a Grand jury of Russell county and at the April Term of the Russell Circuit Court 1865. he was fined $100. for Keeping a Tipling house for three months. He states that he obtained from the United States deputy assessor a licence as a distiller to manufacture Whiskey that at the time he applied for said licence he was informed by said assistant assessor that said licence would authorize your petitioner to sell spirits in any quantities. that said he put confidence in what was told him by said assistant assr and did sell spirits by the small without thinking that the state laws prohibited the selling of spirits by distillers by the small or less than a quart. for the reason above given your petitioner respectfully asks your excellency to remit said fine and in duty bound will ever pray.

Nathan McClure

Sworn to and Subscribed by Nathan McClure before me a justice of the peace for Russell County this day of July 1865.

S P Collins J. R. C J. P. R. C

We the undersigned join in the prayer forthe of the petitioners Nathan McClure for the remission of the above named fine.

George Bryan Jacob A Williams S P Collins P J R C C John Price W. T Jackman S. R. C

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Russell Cir Ct vs Nathan McClure $100, Tipling 18. Aug /65

Sent for fee 25 July