John Dishman to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-15
- Date of Creation
- June 15, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Manchester, Clay 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
- MG21-41
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1202
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209610
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Citation
John Dishman to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-15, 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-0001-020-1202 (November 13, 2026).
Manchester Kentucky
Dear Gov.
B. F. Rice was fined in this county some two years since $20- for gaming the fine was replevied by Ed Gibson It Has been respited The respite is out or nearly so, If not remitted Gibson will have it to pay, There is no money in this country, and property will not sell for one tenth of its value, it would take at Least $100 worth of property at sheriffs sale to [pay] the debt —
Mr. Gibson Has a petition in your office setting for the grounds that He asks for a remission of the fine
I would be pleased if you would remit the fine
Yours Truly
John Dishman
Remitted