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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-0001-004-2325 BR15-214 to BR15-215

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To his excelence the govnor of the commonwelath of Kentucky ^Elizabeth Earles^ wold Respectifull Represent to your hon Excelence that she was indited for keeping a tipling house and wa at this present turm of the Whitley Circuit Court that she was fined by the Court for retaling and a judgemnt renderd against her for $20,00 she states that she acted in good faith in selling the Spirett and that was told she had a perfect rite to sell and did not have any intent of violating the law but acted in good father she states that She is a widow women and has a house full of Little Children and is vary pore and has not the property to pay Said debt and do justice to theRemainder as her famley in truth has not the money and will have to sell a milke cow and tak the milk from her little children to pay the debt

The pr prares of the plaintif your petitioner is that your exelence Remite the fine and set a Side the judgment and of all proper Releaf

Elizabeth Earles

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Elizabeth Earles Says that he she leavs the Statements in the foregoing petition to be true

Elizabeth Earles

Sworn to before me by Elizabeth Earles this 11th day of September 1865

O. J. Skiner J P

The under Signed Say that the Petitioner is a poore women and a widow and has sevral small children and that they beleave it wold be an act of charity to Remit the fine

William Rogers J. E. edwards G. L. Moore William cummins Jack Rains William Taylor G B. More Seth Thurmen John J Rogers C E Litovicst J G Farris Jackson Ward H H Mahin P.. G.. Bryant W. C. Gilliss Luke Moore James W Wingfield W. B. Morgan

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Gov Bramblet

I hope that you will remit the fine against Mrs Earls

G Pearl Judg H F Finley Com att

Whitley Cir Ct vs Remit Elizabeth Earles $20. Tipling 28 Sept/65