John O. Harrison to Beriah Magoffin
1862-06-15
- Date of Creation
- June 15, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Brooks, Bullitt 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
- MG24-206 to MG24-207
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2132
- Rights
- This image and its transcription are freely available to the public. Images appear courtesy of Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Transcriptions and annotations were created by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. When referencing this document, please use our preferred citation.; The use of transcriptions, images, or annotations from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce any material on CWGK is required.
- FTP Identifier
- 32210539
The Civil War Governors of Kentucky editors are working on annotations for this document. Check back to explore the people, places, organizations mentioned in this document.
- Dates
- 1862-06-15
Citation
John O. Harrison 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-0001-020-2132 (November 13, 2026).
Brook's L & N R R
To His Excellency
Gov Magoffin
My old friend & Neighbour Rev Geo Rogers comes to you with a petition in favor of his son, he will present all the facts of his case which I believe ^fully^ Entitle him to Executive clemency. I am entirely satisfied that the boy has been dealt hardly & unjustly with & if not inconsistint with your own conclusions after a review of the case. I would be glad if you would exercise one of the powers of which a Constitutional? Legislature failed to deprive you
Permit me now Govr to add, that you have here & every where in the State
firm & devoted friends, whom you have grappled to you with hooks of steel by your conservatism, consistency, & firmness, any one of whom will repay for the sloughing off of a host of [time]-servers, who are allways ready with the pliant hinges of the knee.
As Ever sincerely & with great respect —
Jno, O, Harrison