R. Simmers to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-01
- Date of Creation
- June 1, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Covington, Kenton 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
- MG20-318
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1162
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- 32209570
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- Dates
- 1861-06-02
Citation
R. Simmers to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-01, 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-0001-020-1162 (November 13, 2026).
Covington
Gov B Magoffin
Dear Sir
At the present Term of the Kenton circuit court Joseph Blackwell was fined the sum of two hundred dollars for keeping a Tippling house for three months Joseph Blackwell is now & has been for sometime past a resident of this county. He is a poore man & has a family- & by industry & econemy can only make & support for his family. He is entirely unable to pay said fine. in fact it is utterly impossible for him to do it- the only effect will be to keep him in jail & thereby fr put it out of his power to do any Thing for the support of his family. Then in that event they would be left in utter want. I no good done- but in the contrary he would be kept at great expense in Jail Blackwell is an ordinary citizen & one who is entitled to the favorable consideration
of good men generally & I think his case is one that would justify the interposition of executive clemency. I hope that you will feel so too
R Simmers
Atto at Law