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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-0001-020-0987 MG20-46

Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky 1861-04-09 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Owingsville Ky April 9th 1861 Gov. Magoffin Der Sir

I have no doubt but you will think my Communications are quite frequent in one direction; however we public men have our missions & duties to perform in rendering servises to our Consittuents in various ways -- & in presenting to your excellency this Communication, I do it at the earnest solicitation of one of my peculiar & particular friend A. Hart --

At our last term of Bath Circuit Court he was tried upon an indictment found against him at a previous term of said Court & fined in the Sum of $60 "Allen says for Treating a little last fall for Breckinridge=" In no doubt but he got the money -- but there is no doubt but the fine is excessive for the amount sold.

I will take it as an especial favor & at the same time you will but be rendering an act of Kindness & Charity to him & his family to remit said fine, he is very poore & has a clever wife & some nice children that need evry dime he can command.

Genl Huston made a speech here on yesterday Upon the UnionDemocratic ticket put forth by that long life Democrat (G D Prentis; The General Started out for the Crittenden resolutions; but argued for the Guthrie Franklin peace Conference

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propositions & wound up for staying in the union at any & all hazards. Says the only way for Kentucky to maintain her institutions of slavery is to remain in the union, & that he is not, so particular about trying to bring about such a Compromise as will bring back the states now out. So Kentucky & the other border slave states are satisfied it makes no material difference as to the ballance! If they Cant get no guarentees the Constitution is good enough as it is

That Lincoln & his party have given up their Chicago platform, & their purposes are peace & that their whole actions indicate a conservative course. The whole tener of his speech was submission & to try and array the nonslaveholders against the slave holders' -- Send us some one to Canvass this district Bob. Woolley, if he will Come,

Your Obt Servt Jno D Berry

Remitted B. M

Bath Cir. Ct $60 } Tipling A. Hart IssdApr 17. 1861