Correspondence

Lewis Richards to Beriah Magoffin

1861-10-31

Date of Creation
October 31, 1861
Place of Creation
Covington, Kenton 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
MG4-166
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0241
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32207510
People
Magoffin, Beriah
Horstman, Henry
Richardson, Lewis
Places
Covington, Kentucky
Kenton County, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1861-10-31
1861-11-02
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Citation

Lewis Richards to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-10-31, 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-0001-017-0241 (February 6, 2026).

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South Covington Ky
Oct the 31st 1861
To his Excellency, B Magoffin Gouvenor of Ky

Sir the undersigned, Justice of the Peace for Kenton County in the first Magisterial Dist out side of Covington Ky, Respectfully petitions his resignation as Justice of the Peace for said dist and County as above stated. as I expect to leave the state in a fiew days. I take pleasure in recomending Henry Horestmann as a suitable person to fill the vacancy,

Yours Respectfully
Lewis Richardson J, P, K, C,

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Kenton Co
J. P.
Resignation
L. Richardson
Nov 2. 1861

accepted
B. M