Correspondence

Henry J. Stiles to Beriah Magoffin

1861-08-18

Date of Creation
August 18, 1861
Place of Creation
Hopkinsville, Christian 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
MG21-206 to MG21-207
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1314
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32209722

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Dates
1861-08-18
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Henry J. Stiles to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-08-18, 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-0001-020-1314 (December 16, 2025).

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Hopkinsville
Aug 18' 1861
My dear Sir

This will be handed you by my young frined Millin D. Brown of this county who visits your Excellency for the purpose of asking your aid in the Matter of a recognisance in which he and some of his friends stand bound to the State.

He will present to you a memorial setting forth the facts and the grounds upon which your interference is solicited.

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I have read the petition and have no doubt of the truthfulness of its statements.

I know Mr. Brown and his co-sureties to be worthy young men, wholly dependent upon their own exertions for a living; and believe that the exercise of clemency in their behalf will not only be right and just; but also that it will meet the approbation of the people of our county.

Trusting that Mr Browns application will meet with favor at

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your hands I have the honor to remain

Very truly
your friend & servt
Henry J Stiles

Gov. Magoffin
Frankfort
Ky

I heartily endorse the above

Yr frd truly
John S. Bryan