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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-0001-004-2323 BR15-211

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that aton the 24th day of July 1865 there was a fine imposed upon Lewis sterling by Judge Bagby Judge of the Police court of Ashland Boyd County Ky, that the charges against Sterling was breach of the peace, the circumstances under which it was committed was as follows, Sterling was in his house quietly demeaning himself and three men came in to his house and abused him and provoked him to acts in defence of himself he saw that he was overpowered by numbers and having a hatchet he threw it at them and saved himself from harm No one was struck by the hatchet, Sterling is a pooreman with a family and we pray your excellency to remitt said fine

W H Vansant Edw Courtney

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Wam timbar H. B. Brodess C Judge Henry Shabne F. G. Merryman G. W. Wollas Cary Abner J Hiskell Jr H. Riggs C P Davenport Isac Gralsbery 14 Ky V. V. I. James M Stephens Thos D. Eldridge W. H. Bates Grant Barber Samuel B Bates Valentine Lahmin Edward I Roberts (late) Adjt 14 Ky J T Burditt Jospeh R. Cheap John. E. Felix C Erick W F Blankenship

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Ashland Police Ct vs Remit Lewis Sterling $20, Breach Peace 22d Sept/65