Correspondence

George W. Johnston and W. G. Reasor to Beriah Magoffin

1861-07-08

Date of Creation
July 8, 1861
Place of Creation
Louisville, Jefferson 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
MG18-179
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0436
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FTP Identifier
32208844

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Dates
1861-07-08
1861-03
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George W. Johnston and W. G. Reasor to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-08, 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-0001-020-0436 (November 14, 2026).

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Louisville July 8th 1861.
Gov Magoffin
Dr Sir.

This will be handed you by Mrs Scott of this city who will call to see you to ask a pardon for her son Charles Hawkins who is confined in the Penatentiary; sometime about the last of March she caused a Petition to be forwarded to your Excellency with a Number of letters from officers & others here which I presume are on file, I Beg you to hear her appeal & if consistent with your Sense of Duty to grant her request I know it will give you pleasure to do so. Her son has been confined for Some time & she verry much needs his assistance to enable her to live.

I am Dr Sir your obt servt & Frend
Geo. W. Johnston
W — G — Reasor

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His Excellency
B. Magoffin
Mrs Scott.} Frankfort KY