W. D. Pope to Beriah Magoffin
1861-04-28
- Date of Creation
- April 28, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Santa Fe, Bracken 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 Correspondence, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG5-61
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0016
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208270
- Dates
- 1861-04-28
Citation
W. D. Pope to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-04-28, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 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-0001-019-0016 (November 12, 2026).
Santa Fe Bracken County Ky
Hon Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Ky
Sir the Present Existing and threatening attitude and Condition the Country is in It is time all true patriots was up and Doing if it is Consistent under the present Circumstances I ask permission of you to raise 100 able bodied men in this vicinity armed and Equiped by the State to hold them in rediness at any Emergency Subject to your Order let me know forth with
Your Obedient Servt
Arms. Answd