Correspondence

W. H. Calvert to James W. Tate

1861-07-16

Date of Creation
July 16, 1861
Place of Creation
Princeton, Caldwell 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
MG21-101
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1242
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FTP Identifier
32209650

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Dates
1861-07-16
1861-06
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W. H. Calvert to James W. Tate, 1861-07-16, 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-0001-020-1242 (November 14, 2026).

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Princeton Ky July 16th 1861
James W Tate Esqr
Dear sir

Sometime Early last Spring or in the latter part of the winter the governor of Kentucky Remitted a fine of the Commonwealth of Ky a gains George Jenkins and W H Calvert Administrator of John T Calvert decasd the re mitter was upon a suit brought upon an appeal Bond upon which no judgement had been rendered during the pendency of the suit, at the last June Term of our circuit the case come up for trial and the remitter was plead in bar of the action to which the Comth attorney demured and the court sustained the demurer and rendered Judgement for the Comths attorneys 30 percent of said fine from which Judgement I have appealed to the court of appeals-The governors remitter has never come to hand, I wrote you before our court for it but did not receive it or a line from you on the subject I hope it will be convenient for you to send it as I am compelled to have it in order to present a perfect record to the court of appeals please send it as Early as possible as I have but a short time to file the case in the court of appeals

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respectfully
W H Calvert