Correspondence

Reuben T. Durrett to Beriah Magoffin

1862-06-15

Date of Creation
June 15, 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
MG24-7 to MG24-8
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2011
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1862-06-15
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Reuben T. Durrett to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-06-15, 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-0001-020-2011 (November 13, 2026).

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Louisville Ky
June 15, 1862
Gov. Magoffin:

As suggested by you I have obtained the rest of signatures of the Jurymen who tried Hauserman; and your pardon of him will therefore be verified by the Jury which that convicted him. I have not seen the Commonwealth's attorney & cannot see him as he is out of the county and will be gone for a long time so far as I can [know]. I do not think, however that you will require other support, in acting Mercifully than that of the Jury.

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I trust, My Dear Govenor that you will send Hauserman home at an early day. Rest assured that you will do right in this pardon It is not political, for aught that I know Hauserman may be the vilest abolitionist in the land. I know nothing of his peloletical creed and dont care. I think him wrongly in prison & I want him out for the cause of right and for nothing else.

I am sorey not to have again seen you while you were here. A sick child however kept me at home. I hope to see you again soon.

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Dont forget, My Dear Govenor to appoint me a Notary Public. I want my Commission by Tuesday Morning next if it can possibly be had, as some business has been put off for me to do that day.

Yours truly
R. T. Durrett