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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0083 (November 12, 2026).

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J B. Slaton
To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

We the undersigned citizens of Hopkins County who have heretofore known Thomas B. Wadlington who has been convicted by a jury of the county in the county of
Caldwell of the crime of murder would represent to your Excellency that we have Known the unfortunate man long & that his character as a gentleman a true hearted and loyal citizen of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has never been questioned — It is true that we Know nothing of the circumstances of his case, but we feel that we do not depart from the duty we owe to humanity and to the previous character of the accused as a man of peace industry and sobriety to ask your honor to review his case and to exercise the powers that are conferred upon you to suspend or modify the rules of strict law & to either extend to the accused a full pardon or a commutation of his punishment as justice tempered with

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