Correspondence

R. Simmons to Beriah Magoffin

1861-07-11

Date of Creation
July 11, 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
MG21-144 to MG21-145
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1270
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32209678

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1861-07-11
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R. Simmons to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-11, 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-0001-020-1270 (November 13, 2026).

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Covington July 11th/61
Gov B Magoffin
Dear Sir

Some days ago, a petition from Martin Hoover to you was sent by mail Asking to be released from the Jail of Kenton county where he was confined for thirty days & fined fifty dollars by a Jury of his county under the charge of assaulting a German woman with intent to commit on her a rape It may be you have not had time to attend to it- or laid the papers aside & the whole thing escaped your memory- If I am correct in either of these suppositions. I hope you

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will not consider this an intrusion upon your time or patience. I believe the case of Hoover is one that deserves your favorable consideration. The facts are contained in the petition & other papers accompaning it. I will direct your special attention the statement of Mr Arthur th Commonwelths Atto on the margin of the petition The man has already suffered more I beleive than is commensurate with his guilt- He is an expense to the county- & is not paying his fine by being in Jail. & he cant get the money possibly to do it-

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I would have gotten more letters & names but I supoosed a plain statement if the facts all that is necessary- & hope you will feel it your duty to releive this man- & place him in a condition to do something for his family which at this time is so much needed

Yours &c
R Simmons

Gov B Magoffin