Wiley P. Fowler to Beriah Magoffin
1862-06-21
- Date of Creation
- June 21, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Henderson, Henderson 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
- MG24-197
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2127
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210534
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- Dates
- 1862-06-21
Citation
Wiley P. Fowler to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-06-21, 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-0001-020-2127 (November 13, 2026).
Henderson Ky.
Gov B Magoffin Frankfort Ky
Dear Sir
There will be presented to you by many of the citizens of this county for the pardon of A J Hathway convicted and sentenced by the court here on a charge of grand larseny — Now in the penitentiary
His wife and child are in destitution she appealed to me this morning to write to you in her be half for the pardon of her husband My sympathies were exerted in her favor I had a conversation with Mr Kenny. He thinks he ought to be pardoned upon the merits of the case he [being] that he bought the cow from a black man. If the ends of Justice are subserved by his confinement so far and you can consistently with duty. I should be glad you could restore him to his family
Yours truly
W. P Fowler
Judge Fowlers
Hathaways Case — Henderson Co. Peny