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Princeton Ky.
Governor Robinson
Dr. Sir by the request of Mr. T. W. Pickering I will address you on the subject of a fine assessed against him on acct. of his haveing accepted the office of confederate Sharriff & indeed I thought at the time he deserved to be fined ten fold of what he was fined & I still think under ordinary circumstances the punishment could not be too great but now he is heavily involved in security matters & after having been an industrious saveing ^man^ he will be well nigh broken up & if this additional fine should have to be paid by him -- he will ^be^ very near the mouth of the spout with an upward tendency tho. these reasons alone are not sufficiently good to base the release of his fine on tho. in addition I think he has become convinced of errour & will never be guilty of such an n Hodges J. B. Temple &c tho. my acquaintance with them is quite limited & now if in your cool & better moments of reflection you can give him some material relief it will be highly appreciated -- tho. in the main I am opposed to such extentions of relief
Mosest respectfully
Your Humble Servnt.
T. L. McNary