Correspondence

Beriah Magoffin to Phillip Swigert

1861-05-02

Date of Creation
May 2, 1861
Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin 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
MG5-80
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-019-0034
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32208288
People
Magoffin, Beriah
Swigert, Philip
Places
Frankfort, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
New Orleans, Louisiana
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Farmers' Bank of Kentucky
Hewitt, Norton & Co.
Dates
1861-05-02
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Beriah Magoffin to Phillip Swigert, 1861-05-02, 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-0001-019-0034 (November 12, 2026).

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Frankfort Ky.
Executive Office
May 2d 1861
P. Swigert Esq
Prest Farmers Bank
Sir

I recd a telegram from N. Orleans this morning, asking for Two hundred thousand Dollars to be placed^ to the credit to the credit of the state there in the citizens bank subject to the order of Hewit Norton & Co the agents of the state of Ky to purchase arms munitions of war &c &c to put the state in a position of self defense Can I draw upon your Bk for your quota of the half million of Dollars asked for, for that purpose. Please answer as soon as possbile as they require an immediate answer, I go to Louisville on this evenings train- Please answer me there — If your answer is favorable I shall of course ask the Legislature to provide for its payment

With great respect
Yr frd. & obt. servt
B. Magoffin