Correspondence

Nathaniel Wolfe to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-04

Date of Creation
March 4, 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
MG19-357 to MG19-358
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0863
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32209271

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Dates
1861-03-04
1861-01-16
1861-03-13
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Nathaniel Wolfe to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-04, 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-0001-020-0863 (December 11, 2025).

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Louisville 4th March 1861
His Excellency
B Magoffin
Dr Sir

A Judgment was rendered on a forfeited recognizance of Isaac Rosenbaum in the Jeff Circuit Court in which Mr. S N Hodges was surity. The Judgment was entered on the 16th Jany 1861 for $600.

Mr Hodges settled with the atto for the Commths atto: his portion of the Judgment as I learn and of which I have no doubt. Mr H recd: nothing for himself except a fee for defending Rosenbaum. After Rosenbaum ran off and there by forfeited his recognizance, Mr Hodges found out his wherabouts and went to Indiana

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at his own expense and brought Rosenbaum ^to the city^ and surrendered him into custody.

I hope you will release Mr Hodges from the payment of the aMount for which he is bound on the Recognizance. The Commth has not been injured by the forfeiture of the recognizance

I am
Very Respy
Yr obt srvt
Nat Wolfe

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Jefferson Cir. Ct.
$600. } Recog
S. N Hodges

Issd. Mar 13. 1861

Remitted as to Hodges