John D. Burns to James W. Tate

Accession Number

KYR-0001-020-0211

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG17-168 to MG17-169

Place of Creation

Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

5 December 1860

Dates Mentioned

1860-12-05

Owingsville Ky
Decr. 5^th 1860
J. W. Tate Esq —
Dear Sir

Accompanying this, you will find a — petition of Chas. W. Henaker, &c, of this County asking the favor of the Governor to remit, the same

This is the petition of which I spoke to you of when I was last in your office: & I fully endorse evry word embraced therein as being literally true.

Please hand to the Gov. & ask him to remit. the fines if he thinks he can do so Consistently

His friends here will be perfectly satisfied for him to do so,

I am for my people & my peoples institutions

Our rights in the Union if possible, if not. Our rights are here, under the Constitution, I dont want to surrender the present Constitution; nor do I want to give up the Federal Government, If we have to fight lets hang on to the Army & Navy & force the fugitve slave law nullifyers to scorne

Truly Your
Friend
Jn^o D Burns

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