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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0453 MG18-207 to MG18-208

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1861-01-02 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 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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To his Excellency, Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky.

Your petitioner would respectfully represent, that on the 19th. day of November 1860. he was fined by the Mayor of the City of Maysville, in the sum of Twenty Dollars, for the alledged charge of selling Spirituous Liquors contray to the Ordinance of said City. He states that he had license from the City to sell Spiruituous Liquors, in the house occupied by him in said City, and having rented the City Hall for an evening, sold Liquor in it. He states that he was entirely ignorant of the Ordinance of said City forbidding the sale of Spirituous Liquors in any other house than that which he permanently occupied. He states that he believes the person who informed against him, did so through malice, and that said witness is now in the jail of Mason County upon a charge of Grand Larceny. He humbly asks your Excellency, to bestow your clemency upon him by remitting said fine, as he is a poor man with a large family and can illy afford to pay said fine. For which he will ever feel gratefull,

Maysville, Ky Jany. 2nd. 1861.

Peter Miller

The undersigned, citizens of Maysville, unite in the above petition for the remittance of the fine against Mr. Miller.

Keith Berry Robt A Cochran W. F. Wilson Chas H. Sharpe T. J. Pickett PeterMiller Ben Phister. W. C. Jenkins Wm Forman Washington Evans J F Young

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Jos H, Black Hamilton Gray Samuel C Pearce H. Bertram W. C. Eitel Wm. Ort Baldus Frey R. W. Watkins John C Fitzgerald H Thompson Christian Altmeyer George Straub Fredrick Shatzman. Gge Helmer. John Adam Eschelbach Jos. F. Brodrick J. Friedrich Bendel G W Lloyd Jas A. Johnson Peter Anthes Jno B. Gibson R C Bierbower Jacob Lundgraf John Bauer Jacob Joerger Hiram Bassett Saml W. Owens

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Maysville City Ct

Remitted B, M.

$20 } Spirituous Liquor Peter Miller IssdJany 18. 1861