John T. Croxton to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Paris, Bourbon 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
- MG18-51 to MG18-52
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0357
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208765
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citation
John T. Croxton 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-0001-020-0357 (November 12, 2026).
Paris Kentucky:
His Excellency Beriah Magoffin:
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Dear Sir:
I inclose you the Petition of a number of young gentlemen, praying the exercise of the Executive clemency — also a line from Col Prall, concurring in their prayer —
Hoping it may be granted I remain —
Very Respectfully,
John T. Croxton
"P S" Direct to me —
J, T, C,