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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-0001-020-0506 MG18-283 to MG18-284

Mercer County, Kentucky Mercer County, Kentucky 1861-01-09 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency B. Magoffins Gov.. of Kentucky

Your petitioner state that on the 49 day January 1861, he was fined by M. B. Pulliam acting Police Judge of Harrodsburg, the sum of Ten dollars on the charge of Committing a a breach of the peace, as follow to wit: Your petitioner the day aforesaid, steped into the hotPoll house, a publick Hotel in Harrodsburg; and joucularly remar-ked to one William H. Alexander, with whome your petitioner was on terms of friendship at that time, and had always been; "that his (Alexander's) Mother was looking for him". Alexander responded "my Mother has enough money to buy you and your family, you damned black son of a bitch, and that your father hads black children", when I struck him with a chair, twice.

Your petitioner farther says that he is of limited means and so are his parents, and has hither too been a law abiding citizen, and desires so so to remain, and that it was only on account of the grossness of the insultoffered that he was induced

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to strike the said Alexander --

Wherefore your petitioner pray that said fine be remitted, or so much thereof as can be done, & as in duty bound he will ever pray.

Jos R Wheatly

Sworn to before me by Joseph. R. Wheatley this 9 Jany 1861.

E. J. Polk Examiner for Mercer County

We the undersigned citizens of Harrodsburg Kentucky join in the prayer of the foregoing petition.

E. J. Polk Chas W. Woods. S. McBrayer W. D. Vivion Zack McBrayer A G Nurin Wm Rowder Tho Allen Ben C Allen S. S.. McFabridge S. M C M. S. McIntire W. H. Lewiney Garret S Leshune P. B. Thompson Ben. C. Trapnall

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Remitted B. M. IssdJay 11. '61