Ephraim Whitesides to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-29
- Date of Creation
- July 29, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin 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
- MG21-68 to MG21-69
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1220
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209628
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Citation
Ephraim Whitesides to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-29, 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-0001-020-1220 (November 13, 2026).
Frankfort Ky
To His Honor B MaGoffin
Z Harrison was Sent to the Penitentiary for 8 years for Horse Stealing form Union County
South & Bowen Promised him when He got the cell Building done. (He is a Stone cutter by trade) they would Intercede in his behalf for a Pardon. He is done his part of the work. They South & Bowen Says If you feel dispose to Pardon him they have no objections, there fore I would Recom
^mend^ his Pardon. If you Pardon him date it for the 30 which is to morrow which will give me time to fix up his clothes
yours
E Whitesides
Issue pardon
B. M
Isd