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 November 12, 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-0001-004-2665 BR16-289

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1865-11-06 Correspondence English 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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CITY OF LOUISVILLE PROGRESS KENTUCKY
Mayor's Office, Louisville, Ky., Novr 6th 1865 His Excellency Gov. Thos E. Bramlett of the State of Ky,, Sir

I have the honour to enclose the petition of Mary Ryan. this woman was fined $60000 in the city court of this city -- Your Excellency on a former occasion remited $30000 of said fine. Since which She has paid $10000 the receipt for which I enclose also, this woman has Kept her House as regular as any of her class ofHouses and in my opinion more So. and I pass those houses day and night, besides $10000 is more than Some of the Keepers of first class houses have been fined I have reason to believe that the payment of the remaining $20000 would about begger this woman who was thus heavily fined more from prejudice than desert -- as an officer of

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the city cognisant of the character of all Such Houses I would in spirit of justice and humanity recomend to your Excellency the remittance of the remainder of this womans fine

I am Sir Very respectfully Your obt Serv't Wm Hipwell Lieut of Police