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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-0001-020-1242 MG21-101

Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky 1861-07-16 Correspondence 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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Princeton Ky July 16th 1861 James W Tate Esqr Dear sir

Sometime Early last Spring or in the latter part of the winter the governor of Kentucky Remitted a fine of the Commonwealth of Ky a gains George Jenkins and W H Calvert Administrator of John T Calvert decasd the re mitter was upon a suit brought upon an appeal Bond upon which no judgement had been rendered during the pendency of the suit, at the last June Term of our circuit the case come up for trial and the remitter was plead in bar of the action to which the Comth attorney demured and the court sustained the demurer and rendered Judgement for the Comths attorneys 30 percent of said fine from which Judgement I have appealed to the court of appeals-The governors remitter has never come to hand, I wrote you before our court for it but did not receive it or a line from you on the subject I hope it will be convenient for you to send it as I am compelled to have it in order to present a perfect record to the court of appeals please send it as Early as possible as I have but a short time to file the case in the court of appeals

yrs respectfully W H Calvert