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 November 11, 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-0001-020-0540 MG18-333 to MG18-334

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-01-24 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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To His Excellency B Magoffin Governor of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner Wm Langdon, states that he was fined fifty dollars in the city court of Louisville, at the ^September 1859^ Term -- for an assault & battery alleged to have been committed on a negro man. He alleges that the negro man was in company with some white women, where he came where they was, were, and the negro was insolvent and guilty of outrageous & bad conduct toward him, which caused the difficulty, very little injury was done him, and many persons in this city could have done what petitioner did & the matter would have not have been noticed, Petitioner, was down the river between Louisville & New Orleans when the case was tried, and a Judgment had against him on his own admissions as to the assault -- He had no opportunity to defend the case, and had he been present & prepared his defense, he is certain that the Jury would have acquitted him. He is very poor, and wholly unable to pay said fine -- being hardly able to pay the costs in this case, He assures your Excellency that difficulties of this character, an unusual matter with him & he most respectfully asks your Excellency to remit the fine promising & --

Louisville Jan 24th 1861.

Respectfully Wm Langdon

We the undersigned citizens of the portion of Louisville, in which the Petr Wm Langdon resides most respectfully Join in his petition & ask your Excellency to remit the foregoing aforementioned fine.

Isham Talbot W. G. Reasor

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William Gregory Alfred Haffeld Jenkins Figg Ed. Meglemry J. M. Campbell Ben Figg Sr W. W. Owen henry Munchhof Wendelin Rampp Joseph A. Gall H Jim Tobart W. A. Hundley Diley Gibson J. F. Gailbrath Pat Hawes Wm E. Jones Louis Ehrman J B Hemp H. T. Figg John Better Peter Renter

Will Mr Crozxton be Kind Enough To bring with him the remission if one be obtained.

Talbot & Pfeiffer

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Louisville City Ct Respite 12 mo B. M $50 } Assault Wm Langdon IssdJany 30 1861