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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-0001-004-2224 BR15-40

1865-08-16 Petition 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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To His excellency Thos E. Bramlet Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would respectfuly represent unto your excellency that at the October term 1863, of the Lawrence Circuit Court a Judment was rendered against your petitioner for sixty dollars upon the charge of Keeping a Tipling house he made no defence to the Indictment knowing that he was guilty. but in excuse of the offence would state that he has a family that are dependent entirely upon his labour for a support, The war had prostrated business of every sort in Sandy Valley it was impossible to get work and to prevent starvation from visiting my wife and children I resorted to the sale of whiskey, for this I was Indicted and fined it was my first offense and shall be the last, If the collection of the Judgment is enforced I will have to go to Jail, and the little that I have will be from my wife and children. The consideration of the premises I earnestly invoke the executive Clemency and as in duty will every &c,

August, 16th 1865, Thomas Cantrel

We the undersigned are acquainted with the petitioner and know that his case is deserving of executive interfrarence

J, F, Stewart M B Goble Francis Dobbins

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John Dobbins W, B, D, Davis Wesley Morre Garland J Morre Charles D. Swim Thomas T Wadkins B Fitzpatrick Tomas Jefferson Burgess H C Smith Wm Nesbitt S. T. Moore C B Moore Bennet Cox Wm Mckinster ed mc graman J D Moore Charles Spencer Thompson Miller J. W. Jones