March the 15 1862

To the Exelency of the Govner Mcgoffin of the Commonwealth of the State of KentuckyIsetforth my condition to you as my only chance for liberty a praying your Exelency to help a Man in distress if your Honor pleases I set forth they conditon of my poore un helthy Wife with A house full of little children a crying a Round her for Bread and there poore [unforthend][faithor] in they state prison my Dear friend if you can help me for God sake do so I say to you that I have sorely Repented and pray for help and will lead a difernt life when I can git at liberty I have bin confined now for going on three years I was in Jale 9 Months and 14 days I have now bin in the State prison one year 10 Months and 15 days up to this date and for God all Mity sake if you can [posibly] a pardon me do so and let me Go and help my poore famley that has no one to look too for protection Remember that our State now is full of trecherous Men thats Reddy to seale murder Rob and do any depredation agance any man that in favor of States Rights no States Rights

Man can have any sho un less they all put there heads to geathr and stand for they Constitution my principals is for the Constitution and I am willen to fite for that and that alone that [you] Shall not bee led a stray by Lincoln and his Band of Robrs thats a Consel for him to steel a way from us what our fore fathers fought and Bled for some of my firends has bin slaid by the Lincoln Band and I hope to Revenge there Blood I dont Speak of this as any bost it hard for a man to Bee in a plaice where he cant help his frinds I have herd from some of my friends that has Joined Gen Marshall and if I was at liberty to day and my help was neaded I wold sholder my gun and die with my Southern Brothers like a Man I now leave this to you and and pray a speedy pardon yours truly

H C Huffington

To B Mcagoffin

this is confidently to you they [bare] dont no a word in it