Sweeney & Taylor to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-28
- Date of Creation
- February 28, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Owensboro, Daviess 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
- MG19-309
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0832
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209240
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Citation
Sweeney & Taylor to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-28, 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-0001-020-0832 (February 13, 2026).
Owensboro Ky
To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky
Dear Sir
Enclosed find memorial for the remittal of a fine inflicted on W. T. Hawking at the present Term of the Daviess Circuit Court. The facts of the case are stated in the Petition. If your Excellency conceives that the fine should be remitted please enclose the pardon to your friends
Sweeney & Taylor
By R. Hawes Taylor
Daviess Cir. Ct.
$50 } Weapons
W. T. Hawkins
Remission Issd
Remitted