Correspondence

Isaac A. Lattin to Beriah Magoffin

1860-11-02

Date of Creation
November 2, 1860
Place of Creation
Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG8-69 to MG8-70
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-021-0002
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210794
People
Magoffin, Beriah
Benoit, Elizabeth
Lattin, Isaac A.
Carter, J. Hencage
Langley, Rebecca
Moore, Thomas Overton
Places
Alabama
Kentucky
Memphis, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tennessee
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Organizations
Adams Express Company
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.)
State of Louisiana
Dates
1860-11-02
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Isaac A. Lattin to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-02, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-021-0002 (November 12, 2026).

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Tuscumbia, Ala
Nov 2nd /60
To his Excellency
The Governor of theState of Kentucky
Dear Sir

A short time since I sent you a requisition from the Governor of the State of Louisiana, for the arrest of one Rebecca Langley and Elizabeth Benoit as [...]fugatives from justice from the parish of Orleans, supposing them at that time to be within your jurisdiction but before they could be arrested they had fled from the state of Kentucky, and are now in the state of Alabama, but they are travelling from state to state and as my authority ends in your state. I should feel obliged if you return me the requisition or afadavidts on file in your office so that I may obtain a requisition from the Governor of Louisiana upon this or any other state in which the said persons may

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be found. Please forward as soon as possible per Adams Express to Memphis Tenn in care of J. Hencage Carter

I remain
Your excellency's
Obedient sevt
I. A. Lattin