William C. P. Breckinridge to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-13
- Date of Creation
- March 13, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Lexington, Fayette 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
- MG19-139 to MG19-140
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0733
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209141
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- Dates
- 1861-03-13
Citation
William C. P. Breckinridge to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-13, 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-0001-020-0733 (November 13, 2026).
Lexington
To His Excellency Governor Magoffin-
This note will be handed to you by Mr Samuel L Lewis together with a petition. I recommend in the warmest manner the object of that petition. Mr Lewis is a son of Higgins Lewis Esqr- one of the most respectable & wealthy farmers of our county.
With great respect I am
Yours &c
Wm C P Breckinridge