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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-0001-020-1120 MG20-232 to MG20-233

Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1861-05 Petition English 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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To His Excellency, B McGoffin, Govenor of Kentucky.

The undersigned members of the bar of Mercer County, & others, respectfully petition your Excellency to pardon James Duddleston who was convicted at the last term of the Mercer Circuit Court, of stabbing L Gabhart, as we believe his case presents strong considerations for Execution interposition

May 1861 Harrodsburg

Very respectfully Ben. C. Trapnall O S. Posten James D Hardin Wm A. Hooe Thos E Miller Jno P Haggin C, C, Smedley,

Duddleston never should have been convicted for felonious stabbing

William Davis J F Bell Fon T Fox James, H, Moore C, McAfee Garret Terhune William E. J. Polk Josuha F Bell M. J. Dunham Ben C. Allin C. Graham L. A. Thompson M B. Pulliams