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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-0001-020-1191 MG21-25 to MG21-26

Cairo, Henderson County, Kentucky Cairo, Henderson County, Kentucky 1861-06-04 Correspondence 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 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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Cariro, Ky June the 4 1861

Mr Gov your Excellency and honor I was Sent to the states prison for tow years on the charge of fogery and surved my time out faithfuly which you can find out if you enquire of of the keepers and this is the county that I was sent from and it is my home as long as I live my pairents are both living her and if it be in your power to restore me to my sitisen ship dow it for gods sake I have volienteerd to fight for the union and I am a union man and I wil vote for the union my Cairriacter is good her which I can prove by a petition if it be nessary I am a young man 24 years old it has been 4 months and beter sence I left Frankfort so pleas let me her what you will do

Yours truly Milton Sheffer

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