Correspondence

G. W. Norton to Beriah Magoffin

1861-04-27

Date of Creation
April 27, 1861
Place of Creation
Russellville, Logan 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
MG1-253
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-023-0061
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1861-05-27
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G. W. Norton to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-04-27, 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-0001-023-0061 (November 14, 2026).

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G. W. NORTON, President.

M. B. MORTON, Cashier
Southern Bank of Kentucky,
Russellville, 27 Apl 18561.
Govr B. Magoffin
Dear Sir:

Your telegram is just now (8 ock P. M) delivered to me and I write by this mail authorizing Cashr Barret to place sixty-thousand dollars to the credit of the State subject to your drafts to pay for arms and munitions of War to put Kentucky in a position of self defense.

The board promptly responded to your demand feeling the utmost Confidence in the ability and prudence of your action and the prompt recognition of the same by the legislature at the called session —

Very Truly, Yours
G. W Norton
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