Ed. W. Turner to Beriah Magoffin
1862-03-20
- Date of Creation
- March 20, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Richmond, Madison 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
- MG23-97
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1764
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210172
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Citation
Ed. W. Turner to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-03-20, 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-0001-020-1764 (November 13, 2026).
Richmond Ky —
Gov Magoffin
Dear Sir
L D King was at the present particulars of the facts elicited on the trial are fully and truthfully set forth in a petition to your excellency for his pardon King done no more than any honorable man would do and I therefore join in his prayer. I was not employed on either side of the case
Your friend
Ed, W, Turner