W. E. Arthur to Unknown
- 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
- MG24-315
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2195
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210600
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Citation
W. E. Arthur to Unknown, 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-0001-020-2195 (November 13, 2026).
At the instance of my Friend Senator Fisk who is the bearer of a petition to his Excellency the Governor for the remission of the Fine in the cas of the Com'th v J. Dedman I state that J Dedman is a poor man with a large and dependant Family, that he consulted Squire Minter a Magistrate of his District as to whether raffting was a violation of the Statute and was informed that it was not — and that the Squire himself participated in the Game which ensued that these facts appeared in proof
W. E. Arthur
Atty for Com'th