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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-0001-020-0754 MG19-173

1861-03-27 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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To his Excellency Gov. B. Magoffin

Your Petition E. H. Hamilton Most humbly solicits your Excellency to remit the fine imposed on him of $29.62 cents by a Justice of the peace of Carter County Kentucky it being the same fine which he has heretofore Petitioned Your Excellency to remit and Your Excellency respited the same for twelve months which will Soon expire

The undersig^n^ed Petitioners Joines in the prayer with said Hamilton and now ask that said fine be remitted, They Most respectfully represent that said Hamilton is a Married Man & has a considerable family to support, & is like the Most of other Men (he is poor) but he is a hard laboring Man, & is striving to Make a living for himself & family & he is a peaceable Man, seldom gets into difficulties & has not been in any since he was fined as stated in his former Petition to your excellency and he now throws himself upon your Mercy & humbly prayers that said fine be remitted & that all individuals be restrained from collecting the same. Yours Respectfully

March 27th 1861 W E Hamilton Isaac Pelfrey Thoms Jones W M Jones John pelfrey Wesley Hill Jr Samuel B. Gordon John M Hill John Bunyand Wm Shumat David K. Rice G. W. Shumate Lance Pelfrey John J Hamilton William Hill Sr Reubin D Shumate Wesley Hill James A Click William J Hackey L W Jones L W Gordon

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