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 November 12, 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-0001-020-0679 MG19-26

Letcher County, Kentucky Letcher County, Kentucky 1861-12-28 Petition English 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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Lether county Ky Jan 28th 1860

To your excelency Beriah Magoffin gov, of Ky Jane Cornitt wife of Hiram Cornitte being fine $5.00 at the office of Elihall Hall J. P. for said county for a veary frivolous thing under the calebar of a breach of the peace by a combine ation of enemies as witness wherein we believe there was but little and probably no offene comitted and said Cornitte is veary poor and entirely peacible never comitting a breach of the peace in his life there fore it is hard he should pay said fine as it would do no body much good and him in his condition considerable harm there fore we pray your exelency to remit said $5.00 fine cessed on the 10th day of July 1860 before said Eli Hall J. P. L. C

Josua M. Daniel Samuel Cornitte Wm Cornitt Samuel Cornite jnr Joseph Cornitte Clak Cornitte Henair Son Chatwine H Smith A B Wilson H Cornitte J Cornitte Samuel P Smith Clabourn Polly Clark Cornitt Jnr Henderson Halcom Snr Danil Halcom Clark Cornith Wm Smith John Halcom Isaac Day

if hit Should pleas your honor to answer my petition direct your answer to Ambrose Sewell poor harlan county Ky

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Letcher J. P. Jane Cornitte $5. } breach Remitted B. M IssdFeby 15. 1861