Correspondence

E. Crutchfield to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-30

Date of Creation
March 30, 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
MG19-134
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0729
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FTP Identifier
32209137

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Dates
1861-03-30
1861-04-01
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E. Crutchfield to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-30, 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-0001-020-0729 (November 13, 2026).

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Louisville March 30" 1861.
His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky.
Dear Sir-

Enclosed is a petition for the remission of the fine and imprisonment of Monroe Lane who was a soldier in the Mexican War & whose father was in the War of 1812 You will [...] that Judge Muir who witnessed the trial at Bardstown has signed the petition. Apart from the Merit of the petition the Mother of the Young man is about Seventy two years of age, in feeble health and dependant upon him and if She should learn of his imprisonment would probably not survive it. A case more proper for Executive clemency could not be presented and your benevolent and official interposition is solicited.

Very Respectfully
Yr obedt Servt
E Crutchfield

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Nelson Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M
$200 & 6 mo.
Imprisonment
Monroe Lane
IssdApril 1
1861