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John B McIlvain & Son Wholesale Flour Dealers, et al., to Beriah Magoffin

1861-05

Document details

Date of Creation: May 1861
Place of Creation: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
Box / Folder: MG4-61 to MG4-61B
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-017-0163
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FTP Identifier: 32207432

Mentioned in this document

People: Engelhard, Albert; Clark, Alexander F.; Magoffin, Beriah; Gaupin, Charles; Abel, Christopher; Oberdorfer, Elias T.; Linnemann, Francis; Struck, Frank; Hill, George; Tierney, J. T.; Collings, James; Kennedy, James; Cullen, John; Gaffenberger, John; Ellis, John J.; Knott, John R.; Gheens, John Rausch; Doyle, John T.; Terstegge, Joseph Francis; Martin, Joseph; Walker, Martin A.; Breen, Martin; Enright, Michael; Carle, Paul Wilhelm; Klippel, Peter; Winkler, Philip; Harris, Samuel; McGrain, Thomas, Jr.; Timberlake, William Garrard; Gathright, William; Landrum, William H.
Places: Louisville, Kentucky
Organizations: Allen, Brown & Co.; Baldwin Sanderson & Co.; Billing & Dreisbach; Brown & Co.; Brown, Bro. & Co.; C. Bremaker & Co.; Castleman, Murrell & Co.; City Council of Louisville; Commonwealth of Kentucky; E. T. Sale & Co.; G. McCullum & Co.; General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Glazebrook Brothers & Co.; Guy & Clark Manufacturer; H. Wedekind & Co.; J. S. Byers & Co.; J. Vernon & Son; Jack & Brother Wholesale Grocers; John B. McIlvain & Son; John C. Ameling & Co.; John Cochran & Son; John Snyder & Co.; John Terry & Co.; Kennedy Mills; Lane & Bartlett Wholesale Grocers; Marshall Halbert & Co.; Montgomery & Bro.; N. S. Glore & Co.; Nock, Wicks & Co.; Sage Bower & Co.; Schuler & Hutti; Smith & Smyser; Stege & Reiling; T. & J. F. Jefferson; Tait, Anderson & Co.; Weller & Parker
Dates: 1861-05

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John B McIlvain & Son Wholesale Flour Dealers, et al., to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-017-0163 (November 12, 2026).

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Louisville May. 1861
To his Excellency, Bariah Magoffin
Govenor of Kentucky.

We the undersigned Manufacturers and dealers in flour in this City, have pititined the Legislature, to pass a Law giving your honor the power to appoint an Inspector of flour in our City independent of the two, that is appointed by our City Council, the cause which leads to this is set forth in our petition to the Legislature to which we refer you, Having a deep interest in the Commercial prosperity of our City, and knowing that the flour trade is rapidly increasing this point becoming one of vast importance And having had the benefit of W.G. Timberlakes services as an Inspector of Flour for the last three Years. and having entire Confidence in his Judgment capacity and Integrity most earnestly recommend him to your Excellency for the appointment as Flour Inspector.

Jno B McIlvain & Son. Wholesale Flour Dealers.

Smith & Smyser Manufacturers of Flour

Billing & Dreisbach wholesale Dealers in flour
John Snyder & Co " " "
Baldwin Sanderson & Co. " " "

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Tait, Anderson & Co Wholesale Dealers in Flour
Sage Bower & Co Do Do
G McCullum & Co do do
E, T, Sale & Co Do Do
John Gaffenberger Manufacturer flours

Jack & Brothers. Whole Sale Grocers

Nock Wicks & Co Wholesale dealers in Flour &c

Montgomery & Bro wholesale dealers in Flour &C

A Engelhard Wholesale dealer in flour

Stege & Reiling Wholesale dealers in flour etc
Marshall Halbert,, &. Co " " "
Castleman Murrell & Co " " "
Lane & Bartlett " " "
Allen Brown & Co " " "

Thomas McGrain " " "
John. J. Ellis Dealer in flour
J Vernon & Son Wholesale dealers in Flour
Jno Cochran & Son Agents for millers

~~[...]~~Weller & Parker ~~dea~~ whole sale dealers in flour
John Terry & Co Wholesale dealers & C
Glazebrook Bro & C dealers in flour
M, A Walker dealer in Flour &C

Jas Kennedy Kennedys Mill
Brown Bro & Co Wholesale Dealers in flour

P. McW. Carroll Dealer in flour
Brown & C Dealers in flour

C Gaupin Dealer in flour

George Hill Dealer in Flour

W. H. Landrum Dealer in Flour

John Cullen " "

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F. Linnemann Diler in Flauer
J, F. Terstegge d^o " " "
Peter Klippel Dealer in flour.
John Gheen dealler in Flour
H Wedekind " "
J. T. Tierney Dealers in flour
Samal Harris Deler in Flour
Frank Struck Delr in Flour
E. Oberdorfer " " "
John Doyle Dealer in flour
C Bremaker & Co wholesal dealers in Flour
T & J F Jefferson — Dealers in Flour
James Collings Dealer in Flour
Guy & Clark Manufacturer