John F. Fisk to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-02
- Date of Creation
- July 2, 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
- MG21-152 to MG21-153
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1275
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209683
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- Dates
- 1861-07-02
Citation
John F. Fisk 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-0001-020-1275 (November 13, 2026).
Covington Kentucky
His Excellency
Gov Magoffin:
[We'll] be waited upon with a Petition on behalf of Joseph Blackwell, who was fined two hundred dollars by a jury at the last Term of the Kenton Circuit Court, for keeping a Tipling House, for three Months, I did not hear the proof, I know Mr Blackwell, He has but a small amount of property, His wife keeps the House, generally, while he is away, She is a very worthy woman, They have two small children, Blackwell is in jail, unable to pay the fine. I have no doubt both he and his wife
will duly appreciate and gratefuly remember the Governor if he will remit, the whole or a part of the fine against Mr Blackwell,
I am satisfied they are utterly unable to pay the fine these harsh times,
Respectfully &c
John, F, Fisk