Correspondence

Samuel B. Thomas to George W. Johnson

1861-04-27

Date of Creation
April 27, 1861
Place of Creation
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Historical Society
Collection
George W. Johnson Papers
Box / Folder
Folder 4
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0003-092-0095
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32213242
People
Johnson, George Washington
Thomas, Samuel Beal
Places
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Dates
1861-04-27
1861-05
1861-04-27
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Citation

Samuel B. Thomas to George W. Johnson, 1861-04-27, George W. Johnson Papers, Kentucky Historical Society. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0003-092-0095 (November 12, 2026).

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E. Town April 27. 1861.
Dear Sir

We recid your two Letters to day I regret not having the money to pay our note- If in our power- to get the 3000$ by first of May It shall be done, rest ashred that every Exurshin on our part Shall be used to pay the note off as soon as possable. any thing is so uncurtin at this time, thair is no telling what one can do

I have in this county Forty two Thousand Dollars- due me can not collect a Dollar

Your friend
S. B. Thomas

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S. B. Thomas
April 27 1861,