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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-017-0424 MG4-417 to MG4-418

Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1862-03-18 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Louisa March 29/62 Dear Governor Dear sir

I send you petition of Mrs Meed, for remission of a fine her case is a fitting one for executive interfearance I confidently petition you to remit. If you refuse I demand that you should cease to make any pretensons to gallantry.

Your Friend John M Rice

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Louisa Ky March 18 1862 To the Hon B Magoffin

Your Petitioners would represent that they are acquanted with Sarah Meed who has lately been fined before Robert spencer J, P, L C the sum of $27,79 cnts for a breach of the Peace We recommend to you to remit the fine as the case presents many mitigating circumstances and the defendant Meed is a poor woman

Signed by

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A P Hinkle Thomas Spencer WM o Bruans William Gran H Dolay eli gestis Wm Van hoose Wm dolans Abraham chandler William Miller mathew sharps daniel Burns A Atherton Wm Ira John L Border J P L C Noah Mead Gilbert Meade Arthur Borden D Bendles

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Lawrence J. P. $27.79 } breach Sarah Meed

Remission Issd Apr 24. 1862