Thomas B. McIntire to Beriah Magoffin
1861-04-05
- Date of Creation
- April 5, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Brownsville, Edmonson 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
- MG20-43
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0984
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209392
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- Dates
- 1861-04-05
Citation
Thomas B. McIntire to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-04-05, 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-0001-020-0984 (November 13, 2026).
Brownsville Ky
Hon
Dear sir
Enclose please find 2 Petition on of Joseph Lewis sr & one of Green Gilbert asking your honor to remit a fine the Petitions both state facts Mr Lewis is not a man that is in the Habit of Gambling and the Proof in the cause was that he bet but Ten cents and that he was Drunk when he bet that the case of Gilbert he is but a Boy and very Poore and Since and will not be abel to pay the fine or any
part theirof and I think from the Proof in the cause that he did not Know that he was violating the Law at the Time I am the Clerk of the circuit Court and heard Both Trials and am of the opinion that they are Both Case that Demands Executive interposition tho a general thing I am, not in faver of Remitting fines
yours Respectfully
Thos B McIntire