A. Mason et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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
- MG17-83
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0157
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208567
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Citation
A. Mason 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-0001-020-0157 (November 13, 2026).
To His Excellency The Governor of Kentucky:
Your Petitioner, A. Mason, would respectfully represent that on the
He states that this is the first time he has been fined for such an offense; that he has paid the costs of the prosecution, including the part, $150, allowed by law to the Attorney for the Commonwealth, and he feels the penalty already paid is severe Enough; wherefore he humbly prays your Excellency to Excercise towards petitioner Your clemency and remit the balance of the fine, and, as in duty bound, he ever will &c
A Mason
Silas F Miller
R A Wimson
W S D Megonan S. J. C.
A B Carroll
Louisville City Ct
$500. } Faro
A, Mason
Issd
Respite 12 mos
B. M.