Correspondence

H. C. Metcalf to Unknown

1862-04-29

Date of Creation
April 29, 1862
Place of Creation
Lexington, Fayette 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
MG23-265 to MG23-266
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1862
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210270

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Dates
1862-04-29
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H. C. Metcalf to Unknown, 1862-04-29, 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-0001-020-1862 (November 14, 2026).

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Lexgton Lexington April 29t 62

Dear sir I sent you my Pertision sighned by 20 or 30 of Our best Cictysens on satirday Last you must excuse me for sending it in the way I did For i had no money to come Down my selfe or sen any one Thearefore i was compelled to send It in the way i did i wish you wold releive me if you Can posibbely, do so as i hav But af few days to go on And hav no money to pay it with by so doing you will oblige Very Respectfully

H. C. Metcalf