Walter G. Overton to Beriah Magoffin
1862-06-17
- Date of Creation
- June 17, 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
- MG24-185 to MG24-186
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2120
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210527
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- Dates
- 1862-06-17
Citation
Walter G. Overton to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-06-17, 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-0001-020-2120 (November 14, 2026).
Louisville Ky
Hon. B Magoffin
Dear Sir:
The Rev G L Rodgers who will hand you this is not only a man of high respectability, but one of the purest men in our state
He will apply to give you for the purpose of relieving an unfortunate son who is now confined in jail here for an assault
If you can in justice (tempered with mercy) do any thing for him I hope you will. From the papers shown to me it would seem your clemency would not be improper. But of that you will Judge
Truly Yr friend
Walter G. Overton