Correspondence

John Kane to Unknown

1862-05-21

Date of Creation
May 21, 1862
Place of Creation
Harrodsburg, Mercer 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
MG23-352 to MG23-353
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1918
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FTP Identifier
32210326

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Dates
1862-05-21
1861-08-24
1861-12-04
1862-05-28
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John Kane to Unknown, 1862-05-21, 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-0001-020-1918 (November 13, 2026).

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky,
May 21st 1862
My Dear Friend,

Your letter in reply to mine has come to hand & Ias I am hastened I hasten to reply. A Petition was sent down to you & I suppose in the numerous things, of the same kind ^sent to you^ it has been lost. But I will give you data so that you can act officially.

our post master here as it was directed to so may have sent it to sent it the secraraty of War

In Squire Haynes court on the the24th of August ^1861^ W H Wm Mullen was fined the sum of $5. for a Breach of the Peace.

In the Police Court of the Town of Harrodsburg on the 4it of December 1861 he was fined the sum of $5 & costs.

I became his security for those fines for he was not able to pay them, besides I thought they were unjust. All of

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the facts of the two cases were fully stated in the Peition sent down to you & sworn to by McMullen. I do not know whether you to send you down another petition or not but am advised that a statement such as is made in this letter will be sufficient I am very well satisfied of one thing and is this that you will do everything for me that you can. If you should think that another Petition is necessary answer immediately and I will send it down.

We have no news here except the organization of a new "ShomeGuard" to catch John Morgan. Nathan Stone is one of the officers.

I am very sincerely your friend.
John Kane

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Harrodsburg Po Ct
Mercer Co
J P Ct
$5 each } Breach
W H McMullen
Iss May 28 1862

Issue Commission
Remitted
B. M.