M. D. Nary to Beriah Magoffin
1860-11-16
- Date of Creation
- November 16, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG17-81 to MG17-82
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0156
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208566
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- Dates
- 1860-11-16
Citation
M. D. Nary to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-16, 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-0001-020-0156 (November 13, 2026).
Greenville,
Gov Magoffin
At the instance of my friend Joseph Ricketts, I would State that I have known Duvall Several years. He has allways been a person of very weak mind, and when intoxicated easily influenced
I was the attorney for B, F, Norman who has allready expatiated his crime upon the Scaffold ^Norman^ was the guilty party, and that Duval was influenced to assist in the murder through the influence of Norman when intoxicated. I do not think that Duval engaged in this murder feloniously but that he So entered into because he was intoxicated. His mother is an estimable old lady, and is bordering on insanity owing to the unfortunate circumstance that has thus placed her Son in the hands of the law I therefore cheerfuly Join in the request that you interpose in his behalf
Your friend
[M. D. Nary]