J. G. Marks to James P. Metcalfe

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KYR-0001-020-0883

Document Genre

Correspondence

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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

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MG19-391

Place of Creation

Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

22 March 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-03-22

J. G. Marks to James P. Metcalfe, 22 March 1861, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG19-391, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0883, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Carlisle Ky. March 22^d. 1861
Dear James,

M^r William Ricketts is now circulating a Petition to the Gov. to releave him from a Judgment obtained against him on the Bond he was the surety for the appearance of his son at the last Sept^r. Term of our circuit court and forfeited by his not appearing -- The penalty of the bond (all things considered) was unusually high particularly so, as the boy had no estate and his father, a man in very moderate circumstances,

From the many impositions I have known to have been practised on Governors, by petitions, I have for many years past refused to sign any; but being so full impressed with hardship the case of M^r Ricketts, I am induced to desire you to use your influence with the Governor to grant the relief petitioned for.

your friend
J. G. Marks

James P. Metcalfe Esq.
Frankfort Ky.

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