Petition

J. Newcum and W. H. Randall to Beriah MAgoffin

1860-11-15

Date of Creation
November 15, 1860
Place of Creation
McKee, Jackson 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
MG17-80
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0155
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32208565

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1860-11-15
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J. Newcum and W. H. Randall to Beriah MAgoffin, 1860-11-15, 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-0001-020-0155 (November 13, 2026).

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McKee Jackson County Ky
15th November 1860
Dear Sir.

We understand that the health of young J. R Isaacs who is now confined in the penitentiary is quite feeble, and his family being in a helpless condition we would like to see the young man pardoned of the offence for which he was convicted, and we believe this is the sentiment of the people generally outside of his friends and relatives of those that were engaged in the prosecution. he has now served out about half the time for which he was convicted

Yours most Respectfully
J Newcum
W. H. Randall

His Excl. B. Magoffin
Governor of Ky.

So far as I am individually concerned I have no objections to the pardon of J R Isaacs

Granville Pearl

The Facts setforth in the above Letter I think are True I would like to see Isaacs pardoned

John Dishman

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Issacs case
Peny.