Beriah Magoffin to Joshua F. Speed
1862-02-28
- Date of Creation
- February 28, 1862
- 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
- MG1-364 to MG1-365
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-023-0127
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210982
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Citation
Beriah Magoffin to Joshua F. Speed, 1862-02-28, 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-0001-023-0127 (November 13, 2026).
Joshua F. Speed Esq.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Frankfort, Ky.,
Dear Sir:
You are hereby authorized and empowered by me to represent and settle the claims ^then paper vouchers^ of the State of Kentucky against the Federal Government incurred in raiding troops to aid in suppressing the present rebellion, and as the agent of the state to receive andreceiptfor from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States allsuch ^whatever sum or^ sums of money may be due to the State of Kentucky under an act of Congress Approved
Respectfully
B. Magoffin
Joshua F. Speed
Appointed as Agent to settle Claims of Ky Against the United States
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