Petition

E. H. Hobson et al. to Unknown

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Petition
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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, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
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MG4-554 to MG4-555
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KYR-0001-017-0525
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E. H. Hobson et al. to Unknown, 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-0001-017-0525 (November 13, 2026).

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We the undersigned Citizens of the Green River Country respectfully recommend to the Honorable Beriah Magoffin, Govenor of Ky Robert Marshall as a suitable person well qualified and highly Competent, to fill the office of Tobacco Inspector, and we therefore solicit his appointment as such for the next ensuing term at Louisville

E. H. Hobson Shiper
Jas. A. Cox Planter
R. L. Moore
Thos. G. Thompson Planter
Robert Marshall
John J Roach Shiper
J. V. Durham
James G Anderson [Buyer]
Josiah Mitchell Planter
Rich A Webster Planter
Thos R Barnett Planter
George Hardwill
Gabriel Close Planter
Francis Cowherd Planter
T H Frazer Plan
D. M. Williams Plan
C C Morris
William H Chelf
P M Smith planter
James Durrett do
W J Smith do
Alexander Willson
Moses Blakemon Planter
[...] Holland Planter
John G White Planter

Andy Barnett
F T Murray
Geo W. Swearingen Planter
Alfred Anderson Planter
Wm Barnett
J W Williamson Planter
M A. Vaughn Planter
Frederic Cox Planter
Franklin Anderson
Jno A Marshall Planter
Daniel P White
D. Hudson
Samuel T Robinson

W J Stockton one of the
Propretor of the Todd
ware house in Louisville Ky

C Patteson
Jefferson Henry
John Edweards
David Montgomery
John C Buckner
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Recommending Robt Marshall for Tobacco Insp —