James Scott to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-20
- Date of Creation
- June 20, 1861
- Place of Creation
- North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG4-79 to MG4-80
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-017-0177
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207446
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citation
James Scott to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-20, 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-0001-017-0177 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky
Dear Sir
I have the Honor of presenting to your my resignation as Justice of the Peace for the County of Bourbon, District, no. 4 I have no recommendation to make as I cant provail on a states right man to accept
Yours Respectfully
James Scott
North Middletown
Bourbon Cty Ky
N. G. Darnall is a Southern Rights man and will accept. I recommend his appt
Your Obt Servt
A Frank Brown
Bourbon Co
J. P.
Dist No 4
M G Darnall
Iss
Issue Commission
B. M