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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-0001-004-2517 BR16-25 to BR16-26

Pendleton County, Kentucky Pendleton County, Kentucky 1865-10-10 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 Tho E Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Louis Dressel Citizen of Pendleton Co. Ky do respectfully represent that he some short time since was served with a notice to appear before Robt Colvin Justice of the Peace of his district to answer certain charges preferd against him by a Certain Andy Shela for having performed Labour on the Sabath day during During the past harvest your Petitioner does not deny. that he as a Farmer had a crop of wheat out in the field cut & shocked in the usual way the weather being very wet the shocks were sprouting he had to open the wheat at a time suited to the occasion say on saturday the sabath came hise thought it his duty to try and save his crop which was in part done on the sabath Your Petitioner did not do it as an immoral act but thought duty

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required him to do so Your Petitoner being of German Birth and not comprehending but little of our Language has caled upon you Humble St -- Geo Keith of his neighborhood to make out his case in plain unsophisticated manner In the proceding before the Justice I doubt that he had Jurisdiction In the case, but this he presumed to Have and assessed damages to the amt 6$ as small as the amt is your petiioner is unable to pay having recently come to the U, S. and having a young Family unable to help him also Brother & Sister in Law of imbecile condition The writer of this is knowing to the facts of the case in the latter clause Mr Louis Dressel is a Law abiding man Industrious citizen and submits his case to your Clemency &c

Oct 10 1865 Very Respectfully L. Dressel. Subscribers Names on following page

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We the Subscribers do cherfully subscribe our Names to this foregoing Petition in Behalf of Louis Dressel

Geo Keith B. L. Colvin Birkett Colvin Jas A. Watson P. W. Colvin Henry Trost S Tho Hauser

Pendleton Co Justice Court vs L. Dressel $6. violating Sab Remitted 1 Nov 1865