Correspondence
Lovell H. Rousseau to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-10
- Date of Creation
- July 10, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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
- MG5-183 to MG5-184
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0107
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208361
- Organizations
- Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Citation
Lovell H. Rousseau to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-10, 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-0001-019-0107 (November 12, 2026).
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LouisvilleKy.
His Excellency
Gov. Magoffin
Dear Sir,
I have concluded. to serve my county in a different capacity from that of a Senator ofKentucky. and therefore resign my seat in the Senate of Kentucky
Respectfully &C,
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Proclamation IssdJuly 12. 1861
15. Senatorial District
L. H. Rousseau
Proclamation Issd
accepted
B. M