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To his Excellency [underline]Thomas E Bramlett[/underline]
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Your petitioners Alexander Curd and James Adkins respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the presant term of the Whitley Circuit Court they were [fined] Seventy five Dollars for having failed to put up in the public room of this Tavern house the tavern rates fixed by the County Court. They state that they did not Know that it was made their duty by law to put up the rates and as soon as they learned it was their duty they procured the rates from the clerk & set them up as required.
Alexander Curd &
James Adkins, Petitioners
We the undersigned ask to be heard in in behalf of the petitioners that your excellency May remit said fine.
A. R. Barton
J. Q. Barton
S. M. Cox
Isam Jones
M. L. Davis
John White
Jackson Campbell
T. J. Meddows
[W?]. A. Champlin
Jackson [N?]
David Y. Lyttle
John Shipherd
T. R. Harman
Alexr. [Alexander?] Litton
Seth [McClennin?]
J. T. Curd
H. McKee
H. Bryant
[W. C. Cox?]
[Br15-221?]
I hope that you will remit the fine against Curd & Adkins
Granville Pearl
Gov Bramlet Enclosed you find $2 as I find understand it is necesary to Send it for Some purpos thought dont know
yours Respectfuly
Curd and Adkins
Whitley Cir Ct
vs
Alexander Curd & James Adkins
Petition
$75,
Remit
th Sept/65