George B. Hodge to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-02
- Date of Creation
- July 2, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Newport, Campbell 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
- MG21-150 to MG21-151
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1274
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209682
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- Dates
- 1861-07-02
Citation
George B. Hodge to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-02, 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-0001-020-1274 (November 14, 2026).
Newport Ky
To His Excellency
Gov B Magoffin
Dr Sir
Mr W T Waterman who will present to your excellency this letter visits Frankfort to lay before you as a case for executive clemency the petition of Joseph Blakewell I am not acquainted with the facts but take pleasure in stating that Mr. Waterman is a gentleman of high respectability and entitled to confidence in any statement he may make
I am very truly yr friend & obt Sevt
George B Hodge