Correspondence

Sallie M. Whillingham to Beriah Magoffin

1861-02-01

Date of Creation
February 1, 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
MG18-435 to MG18-436
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0608
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32209016

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Dates
1861-02-01
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Sallie M. Whillingham to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-01, 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-0001-020-0608 (November 13, 2026).

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Louisville February 1st 1861.
To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky.

I have before me a letter from my kind friend Judge Mason Brown saying that he handed my letter to your Excellency, That you received and read it with much kindness and politeness and requested me to call your attention to the subject on the first of February. I now sincerely hope your Excellency will mercifully grant the promised pardon to Patrick Donnelly. His anxious mother counts the hours that still separate her from her child. I shall ever gratefully remember how kindly and courteously you received the

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Petition last Summer.

Hoping your Excellency will now show that clemency we so much desire I remain

very Respectfully
Sallie M. Whittingham

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Issue pardon
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