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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0208 R3-315

Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky 1863-02-16 Correspondence English 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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Georgetown Feby: 16th 1863 His excellency Jas F. Robinson Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

There is a movement in progress for the purpose of asking of you as Govenor of the Commonwealth, the pardon of Philips for stealing of Benj. Osbornes horse, that he may be restored to his family and society; I am informed that he has served the commonwealth most faithfully and I have been requested to write to you and ask an extension of Executive clemency in his case

Most respectfully yrs Jas M. Shepard Counsel for Philips