George B. Baum to Beriah Magoffin
1862-04-23
- Date of Creation
- April 23, 1862
- 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
- MG23-176 to MG23-177
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1808
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210216
Citation
George B. Baum to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-04-23, 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-0001-020-1808 (November 12, 2026).
Lousiville Ky
Hon B Magoffin,
Your Excellecy:
There is a woman named Betsy Riley, free woman of color, now confined in the Work-House on a charge of keeping an assignation house, in penalty of 75 cts per day for $5000/00. The charge was made by a visitor to the house, and as she has served more than half the term, I, at the solicitation of her husband, respectfully petition for her release. So far as I am informed, it is certainly a malicious act upon the part of the informer. With the utmost respect your
Most Obt Servant
Geo B Baum
To
B Magoffin Esq
Gov Kentucky
Frankfort
Louisville City Ct
$50. } Mis —
Betsy Riley
Remission Issd