Correspondence

Nathaniel Wolfe to Beriah Magoffin

1861-11-12

Date of Creation
November 12, 1861
Place of Creation
Louisville, Jefferson 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
MG22-148
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1541
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32209949
People
Devoto, Angelo
Magoffin, Beriah
Seely, E. K.
Wolfe, Nathaniel
Places
Louisville, Kentucky
Organizations
Jefferson County Jail
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Dates
1861-11-12
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Nathaniel Wolfe to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-11-12, 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-0001-020-1541 (December 14, 2025).

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Louisville Novr 12" 1861
His Excellency
B Magoffin
Dr Sir

You will I trust pardon me for troubling you again. I write to invite your attention to the case of Angelo Devoto, who is now in the Jail of Jefferson under sentence for one years imprisonment in the Penitentiary. The offence for which he was convicted was the having in possession a small quantity of dry ^goods^ which was said to be stolen

I enclose a letter from Dr Seely physician to the Jail and it will appears from that letter that Devoto will in all probabilty die if he is sent to the Pententiary. I hope you will pardon him

Very respy
Yr obt srvt
N. Wolfe