Beriah Magoffin, Remission
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG24-165 to MG24-166
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2109
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210517
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Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Remission, 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-0001-020-2109 (November 13, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING
WHEREAS, It is represented to me that A J. Edwards, who was convicted of the crime of Felony at the [...] term, [...] of the Owsley Circuit Court, and sentenced to confinement in the Penitentiary for One years. AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence, that the case of the said A. J. Edwards presents strong considerations for the interposition of the Executive.
Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Consitution, I do hereby grant unto the said ^A. J Edwards^ a remittance of the forfeiture of his right of suffrage occurred by said sentence
A FREE AND FULL PARDON for said offense; and do order that he be forthwith liberated from confinement, and released from all liability thereunto in consequence of said judgment of conviction; and I direct that all officers of this State respect this Pardon.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the [...] day of [...], in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [...], and in the [...] year of the Commonwealth.
BY THE GOVERNOR
[...]
[...], SECRETARY OF STATE.
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.