Correspondence

James M. Fogle to Beriah Magoffin

1861-07-23

Date of Creation
July 23, 1861
Place of Creation
Lebanon, Marion 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
MG21-171
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1286
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32209694

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1861-07-23
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James M. Fogle to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-23, 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-0001-020-1286 (November 12, 2026).

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Lebanon Ky July 23rd 1861
Hon B Magoffin
Dear Sir

Enclosed find a petition and I do candidly think is a proper subject for your interposition It is possibly true that the old lady is not free of fault tho her situation is caused by the imprudence & indiscrection of her daughters- If the judgement is enforced she cannot pay nor has she friends that will pay and the consequence must be imprissonment and a continual tax upon our County and we have already as much as we can bear. She is not free of guilt in consequence of her daughters conduct in the eyes of these so exact in morals tho there are hundreds who might be indicted in the same & more guilty and yet a conviction & punishment would make them no better- Her age and condition forbids the idea of imprissonment I hope you will if you can in justice to yourself pardon her- Hoping still

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better [prossests] for our benighted diluded & misguided people of this state and trusting yet that the Recent victory may arouse them to their true interest

Believing me your true friend as ever

James M. Fogle