Sarah Adams et al. to Unknown
- Document Genre
- Petition
- 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
- MG24-350
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2220
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210625
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Citation
Sarah Adams et al. 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-0001-020-2220 (November 13, 2026).
We the undersigned having known Joseph F. Adams from infancy regret exceedingly that circumstantial Evidence has convicted him of the crime of which he is accused We for the sake of his widowed Mother recommend him to your kind consideration knowing him to have always been a kind hearted peacible boy, we trust you will grant the petition that accompanies this with the pleading of his afflicted Mother
Sarah Adams
Alexr M. Mackay
Shelton Lowry
Pink Varble
L Chilson
M Lane
J Gibert
Geo Sangle
Michael Shearor
R W Reed
William Hall
I Cheerfully testify to the within he having worked for me for Years
Wm Mackay