Petitions for remissions, 1834-1836.

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Petitions for remissions, 1834-1836.

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These files document Governor James Turner Morehead's use of the governor's power and privilege to remit fines of convicted criminals. Included are signed petitions with notations as to whether the governor granted or rejected them.

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, KDLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 6739566

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, KDLA

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Kentucky. Governor (1855-1859 : Morehead)

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James Turner Morehead became the twelfth governor and the first native-born Kentuckian to hold that office after the death of Governor John Breathitt in February 1834. The succession of Lieutenant Governor Morehead to the governorship proved a sharp disappointment to the young Democratic party since Breathitt, a Democrat, and Morehead, a National Republican, had been elected on a split ticket. Morehead was born in 1797, in Bullitt County, Kentucky. He attended Transylvan...

Morehead, James T. (James Turner), 1797-1854

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