Commission/Appointment

Oliver P. Morton, Agent, John W. Barker

1861-07-04

Date of Creation
July 4, 1861
Place of Creation
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Document Genre
Commission/Appointment
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1859-1861
Box / Folder
MG7-179 to MG7-180
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-022-0013
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210855
People
Smith, Francis "Frank"
Barker, John Wesley
Morton, Oliver P.
Horr, Warren
Peelle, William A.
Places
Clark County, Indiana
Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Government of the United States of America
State of Indiana
Dates
1861-07-24
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Oliver P. Morton, Agent, John W. Barker, 1861-07-04, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1859-1861, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-022-0013 (February 6, 2026).

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AGENT'S APPOINTMENT TO RECEIVE A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.


IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.

I, Oliver P. Morton
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.
To all who shall see these Presents—Greeting.

Know Ye, That reposing especial trust and confidence in the integrity, diligence, and ability of John W. Barker I do hereby appoint him Agent on the part of this State to proceed to the State of Kentucky for the purpose of demanding and receiving from the proper authorities of said State, Frank Smith a Fugitive from Justice from the State of Indiana, charged with the crime of Grand Larceny and I do hereby authorize and direct the said John W. Barker to demand and receive the said Fugitive, and bring him to this State, and deliver him to the custody of the Sheriffof the County of Clark in said state of Indiana

"The State will pay no part of the expenses of the execution of this Writ."

{Seal}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, at the City of Indianapolis this Twenty Fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=one, the Forty Sixth year of the State, and of the Independence of the United Statesthe Eighty Sixth

BY THE GOVERNOR,
Oliver P. Morton

W. A. Peelle Secretary of State.