John W. Hazelrigg to Beriah Magoffin
1862-05-10
- Date of Creation
- May 10, 1862
- Place of Creation
- West Liberty, Morgan 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
- MG23-325
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1898
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210306
- Organizations
- Morgan Circuit Court
Citation
John W. Hazelrigg to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-05-10, 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-0001-020-1898 (February 8, 2026).
West Liberty Ky
To the Govenor of Kentucky
Dr Sir at the June Term of the morgan Circuit Court William Walsh was fined fifty Dollars for giving to my black boy Jake a dram of whisky I on the behalf of the said Walsh ask you Excellency to remit said fine Walsh had lived in my family for several years & had worked with my slaves & he thought no harm & in fact thought it his duty to give the boy a dram as he had done often while he lived with me I hope you will remit said fine as I did not care for his giving the boy a dram
yrs very Respectfully
Jno W Hazelrigg
Morgan Cir Ct
$50 } liquor to a slave
Remitted
B. M.
Wm Walsh
Iss