John W. Hazelrigg to Beriah Magoffin

Accession Number

KYR-0001-020-1898

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

MG23-325

Place of Creation

West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

10 May 1862

Dates Mentioned

1862-05-10

1862-05-16

West Liberty Ky
10^th May 1862
To the Govenor of Kentucky

D^r Sir at the June Term of the morgan Circuit Court William Walsh was fined fifty Dollars for giving to my black boy Jake a dram of whisky I on the behalf of the said Walsh ask you Excellency to remit said fine Walsh had lived in my family for several years & had worked with my slaves & he thought no harm & in fact thought it his duty to give the boy a dram as he had done often while he lived with me I hope you will remit said fine as I did not care for his giving the boy a dram

yrs very Respectfully
Jno W Hazelrigg

Morgan Cir Ct
$50 } liquor to a slave

Remitted
B. M.

W^m Walsh
Iss May 16. 1862

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