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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-0001-004-3370 BR42-229 to BR42-230

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To his Excelency Thomas E Bramlett Govenor of Kentucky

The Undersigned Citizens of Ohio County would respectfully state to your honor that at the March term 1863 of the Ohio circuit court that the Grand Jury found for Indictments against Moses Baer for selling Liquor by the drink and at the September term 1863 Judgments were rendered against him in each case amounting in all to $95.00 The said Moses Baer is not able to labour for a living on account of phisical disability and is keeping a small family Grocery in Hartford and about the time Col McHenry was recruiting his Redgiment here there was a great many visitors here and there was but one Tavern in this town authorised by license to retail spirits by the drink and that house was kept by a man entertaining Secesh and the Union men would not patronise him and there was consequently a great demand for some place where the Union men could be accomodated and some 4 or 5 drinking establishments sprung up without licence but Moses Baer not being disposed to violate the law procured licence to sell as a Merchant thinking that he was then authorised to sell as the tavern (he being entirely ignorant about the law) proceeded to sell as did the tavern and strange to say He was Indicted as above stated when all others was overlooked but one and who he kept a much more orderly

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than they did Moses Baer is an orderly Quiet citizen and would not we believe violate the law knowingly We ask your Honor to take into consideration the time and circumstances under which Moses committed the fault and exercise Executive Clemency for surely the case is worthy of Clemency and we ask your Honor to releive him entirely and we further ask you to see his petition and letters left with the assistant Secretary of State Mr Page in Your absence in September last

G S Hamilton Wm Ashby J M Rogers Geo R Ashby J L Render Jackson Dawson Wm H Dawson Reuben Leazre Leuzre William.H. Moore J. F. Felix H M Strong Wm H Seton G M Snell James Martin James H Brand William Haney Adam Shroeder Fred Shroeder W Duke Benjamin Heaven C Hawton Phocion Morgan Francis Acton Jas F Stand N J R Ruby W T Patterson Jas A Thomas M. J. Logsdon Simon Small Simone Livy D. P. Black M T Shanks L. F Warner George Klein J. T. Benten W G. Davis Remus Gibson A G Rowe Wm H Nall David A. Miller Jr Louis Gunther

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Jas T Hill Thomas S. Davis County Atty Thos D Davis Pinkny Petty J J Harrison E. R. Munsell A B Baird W F Gregory James W Bean Wm Hardwick Jas. B. Bennett M. T. H W P Foreman Z. Wayne Griffin Eugene Nall Joseph Wess Squire Mauzy John Mauzy Wm Rasemberge H P Taylor W T Ricketts J M Keeton Wm Graves B. E. Richardson Joseph Kahn B W Boone R. H. Stevens Anderson Martin S R Rhoads L T Reid John C Williams C W Hunter W C Greenwall G. F. Hunter W Stevens Thomas M Keown John N Steevens Moses Crumfield Benjamin.L. Rhoads Wm.. Austin R. S. Hodges Lea Davis James Minton E F Tate J W Ashby Jonathan Raley J B Sheppherd W Marcy John W Boyed Thomas B Ezell W. N. Martin B Gentry Alfred Stockner Hiram Chapman Walker M Stevens H D hinton Charles W Massie of Ohio Co M W Lewis A Higgs W H Porter Robert Moore John Conner Wm Conner J Reid Wm J Edson

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T W haull Thomas Stevens

Ohio Cir Ct 12 Months respite Tho E Bramlette 167-1419