Petition

J. Q. A. Foster et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG24-419
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2257
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FTP Identifier
32210658

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Dates
--08
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J. Q. A. Foster et al. 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-0001-020-2257 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency Gov
Beriah Magoffin

The Undersigned citizens of Newport Ky would most respectfully represent to Your Excellency that Thomas Walsh was fined at the last August Term of the Campbell Circuit Court in the Sum of $200.00 for keeping a tippling house in this City Which Sum You in Your Clemency did Most Graciously respite for the term of 8 Months But we would further represent that the afsd Thos Walsh had before the receipt of the respite from Your Excellency paid the $200.00 by borrowing the Same and Giving a Mortgage on the Small amount of property which he was worth.

The Money has now become due and the poor man and his wife and children will be left without a shelter or any Means of Subsistence unless You interpose in his behalf.

We therefore humbly pray that You will remit his fine.

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J Q A Foster
A D Dury
Tho M gideon
J R Stone
T Rafferty
C Southgate
E W Hawkins
H D [...]
Geo. R Fearons
Robt B MCrackin
F. A. Boyd
J. M. Boyd
J. R. Hallam
Owen Conlan
Moses Cook