Reuben T. Durrett to Beriah Magoffin
1862-07-01
- Date of Creation
- July 1, 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
- MG24-98
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2068
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210476
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- Dates
- 1862-07-01
Citation
Reuben T. Durrett to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-07-01, 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-0001-020-2068 (November 13, 2026).
Louisville Ky
Gov. Magoffin
Frankfort Ky
What, My Dear Governor, has become of My appeal to your mercy in behalf of Jacob Houseman? I sent you up an additional list of Jurymen as petitioners for his pardon. I fear you did not get the letter as Houseman has not yet been pardoned. If anything is wanting to secure his pardon will you, My Dear Governer, inform me what it is so that I may [hon] it done?
Yours truly R. T. Durrett