W. G. Hughes to Beriah Magoffin
- 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
- MG24-290 to MG24-291
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2182
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210588
Citation
W. G. Hughes to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-2182 (November 12, 2026).
To Govnr Magoffin,
There is an enditement depending in the Union Circuit Court against Leonard Clemants Jr for the Murder of a Slave the property of Ben P Cissell
We believe that your excellency ought to pardon Said Clemants, because we think it was more the result of weakness of mind, than of Maliciousness, since Said occurance, his wife and only child have died and his Father has paid Mr Cissell fifteen sixteen hundred dollars for Said Slave.
We believe it will meet the approbation of the people of Union County, for you to grant said pardon.
W G Hughes
Clements Case
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