Correspondence

William H. Calvert to Beriah Magoffin

1861-08

Date of Creation
August 1861
Place of Creation
Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky
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
MG8-129
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-021-0039
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210831
People
Magoffin, Beriah
Stevens, Edmund
Dabney, Thomas C.
[Unknown], Wesley
Calvert, William H.
Places
Caldwell County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Princeton, Kentucky
Organizations
Caldwell Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Government of the United States of America
Dates
1861-08
1861-06
1861-09-06
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Citation

William H. Calvert to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-08, 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-0001-021-0039 (November 12, 2026).

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Princeton Ky August [...] '61
Bariah Magoffin Esqr
Govornor of the Comth of Ky

Dear sir Some time since I sent you a petition together with the letter of the Judge of our circuitand the officers of our court praying you to to commute the sentence of the Slave west who was tried at the last June term of our court and sentenced to be hung for the murder of Stevens the circumstances under which the murder was committed caused the court Judge and many other citizens of theis County to write and Petition you to Commute the sentence of the law in his case, The time of his Execution is drawing nigh ">6th of sept, and I have not heard from you on said Petition, I know that the condition of our national and state at this time is all obsorbing in its character and I know that your position require much or all of your time in active mental and Physical action, and for that reason Excuse me for directing your attention to the case of west

— yours
W H Calvert

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Commute punishment—