D. C. Briggs to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-22
- Date of Creation
- February 22, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Baugh Station, Logan 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
- MG19-36
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0688
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209096
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- Dates
- 1861-02-22
Citation
D. C. Briggs to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-22, 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-0001-020-0688 (November 13, 2026).
Baugh Station Ky
to his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky
Dear Sir mr S Cooksey in whose case the accompaning as is petition, Sets forth is entitled to the clemency of the executive the facts in the case I am credibly informed are that mr Cooksey was not cited to trial in neither case, and the testimony in the cases was that the witnesses Drank whisky on Cookseys premises without his knowledge or consent and I am further informed that the witnesses were intoxicated at the time they were testifying mr Cooksey has an amiable wife and two Small lovely children dependent on him for Support and he could not pay the fines
without greatly distressing himself and his little family the petition has been assigned unanimously by his neighbors the facts herein Stated have been assertained Since the petition was written
please consider the case immediately no more
yours truly D. C. Briggs