Correspondence

D. L. Dix to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-28

Date of Creation
March 28, 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
MG1-225 to MG1-226
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-023-0040
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32210895

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1861-03-28
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D. L. Dix to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-28, 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-0001-023-0040 (February 13, 2026).

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Frankfort.
Capital Hotel March 28th
1 P. M. — 1861.
To His Excellency —
Honbl B. McGoffin

Sir — I have yr Communication through the Secretary of State recd within the hour and of present date, in brief reply stated that I do not feel assured that the supply of water at Cumberland for daily

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consumption throughout the year, is adequate to the necessities of a large Institution [...] several hundred inmates — And I respectfully urge on behalf of the unfortunate Patients who may come under treatment in the Western State Hospital that this supply essential to the succesful & have one conduct of the same be made certain before the Reconstruction of that edifice —

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This is the onlypoint I make in regard to this subject —

Respectfully,
D. L. Dix.