Correspondence

Will J. Moberley to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-22

Date of Creation
March 22, 1861
Place of Creation
Harrodsburg, Mercer 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
MG19-326
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0844
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FTP Identifier
32209252

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Dates
1861-03-22
1861-03-30
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Will J. Moberley to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-22, 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-0001-020-0844 (November 13, 2026).

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Harrodsburg Ky
March 22nd 1861
Gov B Magoffin
Dear Sir

I recieved a few days ago your remittance of a fine against B M Cunningham for $10 — inflicted by the Harrodsburg Police Court — that was not the one that was giving the great trouble there was one inflicted against ^him^ during your Stay in Harrodsburg for twenty dollars & fifteen days imprisonment — which I would like to have remitted but would not like for him to know it the fear of going to jail has caused him to remain at Home & Sober [...] at home ever since — His mother is disposed to take him to Missouri and have a sober Boy & a business Man made out of him — although I have not much confidence in the experiment I make no opposition to it — as I am disposed to resort to any reasonable ^cost & trouble^ for his restoration — I shall delay his starting for a week or two if I can — so that he may have time to get him perfectly sobered before he starts I should like however to have the remittance — to be used or known only, in the event of his being accidentally caught — before he starts to Missouri —

Respectfully &c
Will J. Moberley

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Harrodsburg
Po Ct.
$20 & 15 days Imp
B M Cunningham
Remission Issd
3Mar 30 1861

Remitted as to imprisonment & respite 12 mos the fine

B. M