Correspondence

John B. Payne, Jr. to Beriah Magoffin

1860-11-30

Date of Creation
November 30, 1860
Place of Creation
Lexington, Fayette 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
MG17-150
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0200
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FTP Identifier
32208610

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Dates
1860-11-30
1857-08
1857-11
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John B. Payne, Jr. to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-30, 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-0001-020-0200 (November 13, 2026).

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Lexington Ky
Nov 30 1860
Dear Sir

I enclose a petition from W B Robinson & others of Scott Co, for the remission of the fine & imprisonment imposed on him.

The breach of the peace with which he is charged occurred as I am informed at the Aug election 1857. As stated in the petition he was not present at the trial & was not represented by counsel. The indictment was returned in Nov 1857 as you will see from the indorsement on the copy & the trial had been postponed from term to term by the Comth for so long a time he failed to attend.

Respectfully
John B Payne Jr

Hon B Magoffin