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 November 12, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0211 MG17-168 to MG17-169

Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky 1860-12-05 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Owingsville Ky Decr. 5th 1860 J. W. Tate Esq -- Dear Sir

Accompanying this, you will find a -- petition of Chas. W. Henaker, &c, of this County asking the favor of the Governor to remit, the same

This is the petition of which I spoke to you of when I was last in your office: & I fully endorse evry word embraced therein as being literally true.

Please hand to the Gov. & ask him to remit. the fines if he thinks he can do so Consistently

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His friends here will be perfectly satisfied for him to do so,

I am for my people & my peoples institutions

Our rights in the Union if possible, if not. Our rights are here, under the Constitution, I dont want to surrender the present Constitution; nor do I want to give up the Federal Government, If we have to fight lets hang on to the Army & Navy & force the fugitve slave law nullifyers to scorne

Truly Your Friend Jno D Burns