John D. Taylor to Beriah Magoffin
1861-11-26
- Date of Creation
- November 26, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Maysville, Mason 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
- MG22-170
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1554
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209962
- People
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Brookover, James C.
- Hessen, James
- Taylor, John D.
- Scott, John L.
- Organizations
- Kentucky State Legislature
- Dates
- 1861-11-26
Citation
John D. Taylor to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-11-26, 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-0001-020-1554 (November 12, 2026).
Maysville Kentucky
To the Honble Beriah Magoffin
John L Scott Esqr will hand you two petitions one of Brookover, the other of Hasson; pardon me for expressing my hope that you will remit the fines against Brookover, his case I deem one where executive Clemency should be exercised — his petiton is signed among others by Mr Mc[an'Tee] the owner of the slave, Hasson is a poor ignorant Drayman, having a family and in these times can hardly "make tongue and buckle meat"
I hope if the Legislature gives a Bill of sale of Kentucky to Lincoln & Co, that it will will contain no Covenant of Warrantee.
Respectfully
yrs
Honble Beriah Magoffin