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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-0001-004-2883 BR17-191

Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan County, Kentucky 1865-12-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Harlan County Kentucky Dec 18th 1865 To His Excellency Thos E Bramlette Govenor

Sir -- your Petitioner Levi Hoskins most respectfully states to your excellency that at the September Term of the Knox circuit court 1865 he was fined in the Sum of Twenty Dollars for retailing spirits Your Petitioner States that he was fined for selling when there was no courts being held by cause of the rebellion & that he did not wish to violate any law but happened to have Some whisky & let Some go by the Smalls not thinking it was wrong -- your Petitioner further states that he is a cripple & is very Poor having a large family to Support and that it would be very hard upon himself & family to have the said fine to pay -- your Petitioner therefore most respectfully but earnestly askes your Excellency to remit the said fine

Very Respectfully Levi Hoskins Cumberland Ford Ky

We the undersigned citizens most respectfully ask your excellency to remit the said fine

Names James Culton Jno W Culton Thomas M. Lock John A,, Ward Alexander Lock Isaac ,S, Horn C. E. Hurst John T. Horn H. L. Ward John. R. Rice James. R. Elliott Elmore Hampton A C Hayse John Elliott A. S. Haskell R Hayse William Hays Wm virmilloun T. S. Ward Wm Bingham Moses Dorton Names Edward North Moses Hutchins Wm F M Wilson Wm Hendrickson John Hendrickson Jefferson Miller Joseph Baker John Baker Harden Goodwin Wm S Lefevers Nelson Durham Israel Woollum Ja J CamBull

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Knox Cir Ct vs Levi Hoskins $20, Tipling Remitted 5th Jany/65