Alexander O. Morris to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-05
- Date of Creation
- February 5, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Bowling Green, Warren 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
- MG18-487
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0642
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209050
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Citation
Alexander O. Morris to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-05, 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-0001-020-0642 (November 13, 2026).
Bowling Green, Ky.,
Gov. MaGoffin,
Sir: Enclosed you will find a petition with signers for the release of a fine rendered against me at this the thinkhope that these already to the petition, as you are acquainted with several of them, will suffice. I would be pleased to hear from you, as soon as it will suit your convenience.
Very Respectfully,
Alexander O Morris