Correspondence

J. W. Cardwell to Beriah Magoffin

1862-01-16

Date of Creation
January 16, 1862
Place of Creation
Harrodsburg, Mercer 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
MG22-300
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1640
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32210048

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1862-01-16
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J. W. Cardwell to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-01-16, 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-0001-020-1640 (November 13, 2026).

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HARRODSBURG SAVINGS INSTITUTION,
DIRECTORS.

A.M. VANARSDALL,
B. B. CAMPBELL,

JAS. TAYLOR,
R. M. DAVIS.

A. G. KYLE, PRESIDENT.
J. W. CARDWELL, CASHIER.

Harrodsburg, Ky.16th Jany 1862
Gov B. Magoffin
Sir

The bearer Charley Petty son of J. A. of this place was taken up & sentenced by the jury to 10 ds. imprisionment in the County jail — The fact of the case I understand to be about these. Charley & a son of George Morgan got into a quarrell Each of them had a Pistol that they had procured previous to the quarrell for the purpose of shooting Christmas Guns & not with any intention of shooting each other or any one else They still had them in Possession at the time of the quarrell & simultanously without premeditation drew their Pistols & Charley fired, the other snapped & thus the matter ended. — Charley is very young & thoughtless to go to jail would be mortifying & wounding

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to the feelings of his most excellent Mother. Charley seems penitent and promises [that] he will not Carry Pistols or Knives any more & will in future avoid difficulty I think he will keep his promise, and I regard his case in view of his youth a suitable one for the exercise of Executive Clemency — and most respectfully ask for his Case a favorable Consideration.

With Gr Respt
Yrs Truly
J. W. Cardwell