Benjamin F. Graves to Beriah Magoffin
1860-11-24
- Date of Creation
- November 24, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Lexington, Fayette 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
- MG17-120
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0181
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208591
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Citation
Benjamin F. Graves to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-24, 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-0001-020-0181 (November 14, 2026).
Lexington
Hon Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the state of Kentucky
Dear Sir
I am well acquainted with Cornealius Hendricks Esqr. he is a gentleman & law abiding citizens, and you can rely upon anything that he may state
Benj F Graves
Lexington
Dear Sir
Your petitioner Jno C. Hendricks is a clerk in our Post office. I have been intimately acquainted with him for a number of years & Know him to be a gentleman & good Law abiding Citizen. As city attorney I was compelled to prosecute him & would Say that his cases deserve your Excellency's Clemencys and that you can place implicit confidence in the statement That he will make to you
Your obedient servant
F. G. Flanagan
City attorney
To his Exellency to Hon Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the state of Kentucky
Mr Hendricks is in my employ and I hope the Gov will remit his fine
Jesse Woodruff P. M.
Lexington ct. Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$20. & $100 } Concealed Weapons
C Hendricks
Issd