Petition

Alvin Duvall to Beriah Magoffin

1861-05-21

Date of Creation
May 21, 1861
Place of Creation
Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
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
MG20-211
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1103
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32209511

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Alvin Duvall to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05-21, 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-0001-020-1103 (November 14, 2026).

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Georgetown 21 May 1861
Dear Governor

I enclose petition of Jno O'Brien asking the remission of a fine and imprisonment. There is no doubt at all about the merit of the application. He ought not to have been punished, and is entitled to all the mercy you can show him. The signers are among our best people

Very respectfully & truly
your friend
A. Duvall

Gov. Magoffin

I concur in the above recommendation
May 21st 1861

W C Goodloe
Cirt Judge