Correspondence
Beriah Magoffin to Hewitt, Norton, & Co.
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
- MG5-82
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0036
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208290
- Places
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Organizations
- Hewitt, Norton & Co.
- Dates
- 1861-05-02
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Beriah Magoffin to Hewitt, Norton, & Co., 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-0001-019-0036 (November 12, 2026).
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Executive Department
Frankfort
Messrs Hewitt Norton & Co
New Orleans.
You are authorized to act as Agents of this state in the purchase of arms. Assume the agency and ^confer with T. O. Moore.^ hHave the dispatch sent to your care, delivered to Dr Luke Blackburn.