R. K. Summerwell to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-03
- Date of Creation
- July 3, 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
- MG21-167
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1283
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209691
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- Dates
- 1861-07-03
Citation
R. K. Summerwell to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-03, 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-0001-020-1283 (November 13, 2026).
Covington Ky
Gov Magoffen
Dr Sir Martin Hoover is now confined in our Jail to pay a fine of $50oo also to satisfy a judgement for 30 days imprisonment He is without means has a Wife and three children his friends represent to me that his Wife is sick I have no doubt you would do a meritorious act by granting him a pardon
Yours
R K Summerwell