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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-0001-020-1240 MG21-98 to MG21-99

Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky 1861-07-01 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 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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Richmond Ky, Junely 1. 1861 His Excellency. Gov. Magoffin Dear Sir

At the last June term of the Madison Circuit Court Ezekiel H. Field Esq. one of our oldest and most worthy citizens was fined $40. for under an indictment found against him at the previous March term for suffering an old negro man to go at large and trade for himself- Mr Field Confessed Judgment on the indictment rather than have a trial before a Jury, when he beleived he could have successfully defeated the indictment.

The circumstances of the case are about these, he has no family, is boarding with a son in law. and rents an out house for this old negro to live in and hires him out himself to do jobs of making plank and post and rail fence, and it is not his habit at all to suffer the negro to trade for himself, neither does he hire his time, -- Mr Field so far from not violating the law in the particular refered to, is one of our most Exemplary, orderly and law abiding citizens, and in view of these facts and others which might be mentioned, We his neighbors and

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friends have thought it proper to present this case to you, and respectfully ask you to remit that part of the fine which goes to the Commonwealth as an act of justice to Mr Field.

We would add further that we do this unsolicited by Mr Field and without his knowledge

Very Respectfully Your obt Servts, J M Shackelford R. G. Benton Rothode Stone Wm M Irvine S. K Turner S. V. Rowland W. S. Hains S. P. Walters David Irvine W Holloway J. W Caperton Thomas F. Stone John Miller James Black William Harris Richd Russell

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Madison Cir. Ct $40. } allowing a slave to hire his own time E H Field

IssdSept 17. 1861

Remitted B. M