Peter Dudley to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-20
- Date of Creation
- March 20, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG1-210
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-023-0032
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210887
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- Dates
- 1861-03-20
Citation
Peter Dudley to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-20, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 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-0001-023-0032 (November 13, 2026).
Frankfort, Ky.,
To Governor Magoffin:
In obedience to a resolution of the committee of arrangements appointed at a meeting of the citizens of Franklin County on yesterday, I have the honor, and at the same time the pleasure of inviting you as Governor of Kentucky, together with the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of State — also the Heads of Departments, as well as their assistants and clerks, to meet the citizens of Frankfort and Franklin County at the Railroad Depot at 3 o'clock this evening, for the purpose of welcoming our distinguished fellow citizen, [...] Hon. John J. Crittenden, to his home and friends in this place.
By orders of the committee.
P. Dudley
Chairman &C
Peter Dudley