James E. Cantrill to Scott Brown
1861-09-20
- Date of Creation
- September 20, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG6-147
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0053
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207867
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- Dates
- 1861-09-20
Citation
James E. Cantrill to Scott Brown, 1861-09-20, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military 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-0001-018-0053 (February 16, 2026).
Georgetown, Ky
Scott Brown Esqr
Adjt Gen Ky S G
Sir — Enclosed please find the resignation of Lieutenants Allgaier, West and myself. If you will do us the favor to have them accepted and notify us of the fact, the obligations which we will owe you shall ever be remembered. Please answer at your earliest convenience and oblige —
Yours very Respectfully
James E Cantrill
accepted
B. Magoffin
Comr in chief —