M. M. Benton to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-10
- Date of Creation
- October 10, 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
- MG22-16
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1451
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209859
- Dates
- 1861-10-10
Citation
M. M. Benton to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-10-10, 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-0001-020-1451 (February 16, 2026).
J. S. NIXON
BENTON & NIXON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cor. Scott St. & Lower Market.
Covington, Ky.,
To His Excellency
B. Magoffin
Governor of Ky
I have read the petition for the pardon of William Nicholsand have no hesitation of in saying that I am well satisfied that it contains a true statement of the facts in his case, from my intimate knowledge of the gentlemen who have signed it- they are members of the bar, Clerk jailer & sheriff, all of the highest respectability, and from this and what I have heard about the case, and some little of the testimony, I confess my sympathies are enlisted for Nichols, and I think much more good to the community will be effected by his pardon than by his further punishment. His neighbors say of him that his character is good-
very truly
Yours
M M Benton