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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-0001-004-2492 BR15-463 to BR15-464

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky

We the undersigned Citizens of Webster County and others being personally acquainted with Daniel J Christian the subject of this memorial and the Causes of its presentation would respectfully represent to your honor that at the march term of the Webster circuit court for 1863 the said Daniel J Christian was fined the sum of Sixty dollars for the offence of sellingLiquor ^keeping a tippling house^

now we would represent to your honor that said Christian is a criple having lost partially the use of his right hand that he has a wife and four small children that his Wife is also a criple having lost the use of her right arm that he is a very poor man and of Sober and industrious habits and that what he done was in ignorance of the law and was by him for the better to enable him to support his family

we therefore in consideration of the Condition of himself and wife in the name of humanity pray your Excellency to Commute or remit Said fine against the said Daniel J Christian and in duty well ever pary &c

P. D, Clayton James S Chalkwell S.. A.. Doris John pullam R. P. Howard J peace Clem Jenkins G C Gaines Tho H Gaines Joseph H Mitchell james Blackwell

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W W Jenkins J P Wallais E. N Blackburn F B Wallace John Watson Jas M Dill Clk Charles Williams B D Winstead Will Greir Andrew Boyle Basiel Watson John Blackwell J F Hicks Wm P Newman R J Harris Josephus Welch W T Vaughn G, B, Tolley R B pullam B. A. James R Jones T D Jenkins J J Willis Jenkins Wesley Curry Jacob Marlgan James M Morgan G George Morgan John Randals D T Nall L Nall To overfeild J, S, Thomas William Muir R M Corneal Price M. W. Marrs G. F. McClintock John Nasbitt S W C John N. Thomason S. Herrick John W Melton H H Smith T J F W C D H Thomasson C, W, C C W Cook Judge W, C, C M C Denis C, W, C, C Marion Rice

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Thomas E Bramlett Govenor Kentucky Frankfort Ky

Webster Cir Ct vs D J Christian $60 Tipling Remit 2d Oct 1865