Abram G. Smith to Beriah Magoffin
1861-05-23
- Date of Creation
- May 23, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Harrodsburg, Mercer 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
- MG5-102 to MG5-103
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0054
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208308
- Places
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Kentucky State Guard
- Dates
- 1861-05-23
Citation
Abram G. Smith to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05-23, 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-0001-019-0054 (November 12, 2026).
Harrodsburg.
Gov. Magoffin
Dear Sir. I have a company of forty men, organized for the state guard all of them stout healthy men, and I wish youto know if you will accept and arm them. They are as fine a company of men as oldmercer can raise. will you please to let me know as soon as it is convenient. whether you will accept them or not. The people are tolerably quiet in this section of country. very little excitement, trade of all kinds dull, Crops looking admirably well.
I remain respectfully
Yours
To Gov Magoffin