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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-0001-004-2596 BR16-151

Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky 1865-10 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Monticello Ky Oct 1865. To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Ky -- Sir

The undersigned your petitioner would most respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the October term 1865 -- of the Wayne Circuit Court Ky. he was fined in the Some of One hundred dollars for Keeping a Tipling ^House^ for three months -- in Said county --

He states that during the ware he has been hard run to make a suporte for his family it being large and allmost all --

your Excellency has a good knowledge of The condition of the contry for the last fore or five years and especially this portion of the State -- Wayne co is considerable of a Whiskey Mannerfacturing County it is and has been a considerable sorce of revanue revenue to said co. thare has been no market abroad for the article The home market is all we have had -- he says he kept the only house in Monticello whare accomodations could be had for strangerz -- that there has been no Trusteas in the Town from hoom to procure

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Tavern licensez. that he as many Otherz otherz done did sell Liquors but he had an excuse as he furnished other accomodations for the publick --

in View of the whole case your petitioner must respectfully asks that your Excellency remit said fine or so much thareof yr as your Excellency may think right and propper.

M, D, Hardin

We concur in the foregoing prayer and Request

M H Owsley -- Fon T Fox John W. Tuttle Fleming Bates Jno L Sallee H W Tuttle

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Wayne Cir Ct vs M. D. Hardin $100 Tipling House 19 Oct /65