Correspondence

James T. Morehead to Beriah Magoffin

1861-02-25

Date of Creation
February 25, 1861
Place of Creation
Cloverport, Breckinridge 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
MG18-512 to MG18-513
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0660
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32209068

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1861-02-25
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James T. Morehead to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-25, 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-0001-020-0660 (November 13, 2026).

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Cloverport Feby 25th 1861
His Excellency
Gov Magoffin
Sir

Although declining to sign the petition presented to your Excellency yet I have yielded to the solicitation of your petitioner that I should Join with him in the prayer to your Excellency for relief.

I was prosecuting attorney in the case against the petition and was satisfied from the proof, that he had violated the law under which he was arraigned & convicted; but I thought then and think now that he did it in ignorance and with no unlawful intention. I have known the petitioner for a long time, and can bear testimony to his respectabily, his honesty and integrity as a man — and do hope that your Excellency may grant him the relief prayed for,

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and are sure that no one will even have occasion to request the exercise of Executive clemency in his case.

respectfully, your obt servt
Jas T Morehead