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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-0001-020-2063 MG24-92 to MG24-93

Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky 1862-07-11 Correspondence 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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Danville 11 July 1862 Govr McGoffen Frankfort Dr Sir

Wm Robbins was fined by the Police Judge of Danville $5. for giving (not selling) a dram of whiskey to one of My Mothers Slaves -- without her permission in writing. in Violation of one of the Town Ordinances.

The young man is very poor & laboring under a genof disease. His morals are I believe quite explenary -- and is trying very hard to make a living.

I believe in this case the fine ought be remitted. He will have to pay any how some

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three Dollars 70 costs. enough for an act, the illegality of which he was imprisoned --

I might have been caught in the same predicament for I did not know of such an ordinace & I presume the young man did not. I do do think that not twenty men outside of the town officers know that such an ordinace exists --

I hope you will remit the fine & thus oblige

Yrs respt Joshua F Bell

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Danville Co Ct $5 } Whiskey Wm Robbins

Remission IssdJuly 22d 1862