Correspondence

John D. Burns to James W. Tate

1860-12-05

Date of Creation
December 5, 1860
Place of Creation
Owingsville, Bath 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
MG17-168 to MG17-169
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0211
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32208621

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Dates
1860-12-05
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John D. Burns to James W. Tate, 1860-12-05, 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-0001-020-0211 (November 13, 2026).

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Owingsville Ky
Decr. 5th 1860
J. W. Tate Esq —
Dear Sir

Accompanying this, you will find a — petition of Chas. W. Henaker, &c, of this County asking the favor of the Governor to remit, the same

This is the petition of which I spoke to you of when I was last in your office: & I fully endorse evry word embraced therein as being literally true.

Please hand to the Gov. & ask him to remit. the fines if he thinks he can do so Consistently

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His friends here will be perfectly satisfied for him to do so,

I am for my people & my peoples institutions

Our rights in the Union if possible, if not. Our rights are here, under the Constitution, I dont want to surrender the present Constitution; nor do I want to give up the Federal Government, If we have to fight lets hang on to the Army & Navy & force the fugitve slave law nullifyers to scorne

Truly Your
Friend
Jno D Burns