Jesse George et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-22
- Date of Creation
- January 22, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Caldwell County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG17A-45 to MG17A-46
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0007
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208418
Citation
Jesse George et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-22, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 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-0001-020-0007 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency, Beriah Magoffin
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky.
Dear Sir — We the undersigned citizens of Caldwell County Ky. have long known Thomas. B. Wadlington & he has ever been considered a good & true hearted citizen Known & noted for his industry & his peaceable & orderly conduct — The difficulty in which he was engaged with Milton A. Cartwright, did not appear to us to be of his seeking, nor are we satisfied ^or do believe^ that the case was fairly presented to the jury, as it occured.
We hope your Excellency will review the case and give the poor man the benefit of every doubt, and we desire that his case may be judged of in mercy & regarded with favor, and that your Excellency will take into consideration every circumstance that ought to operate in his behalf. And we desire ^that^ your Excellency ^that^may be pursuaded that it is consistent with your duty to extend to him Executive Clemency and that his life may be spared, either by a full pardon or by a commutation of his punishment —
Yours respectfully