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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-0001-020-1344 MG21-261 to MG21-262

Licking Station, Magoffin County, Kentucky Licking Station, Magoffin County, Kentucky 1861-08-29 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": 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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Licking Station Ky Aug 29th/61 To his Excellency B Magoffin Gov Com Kenty "

This petitioner Wm Allen states that about the 11th July 1861. being exasperated by a peremptory decision to leave the store house of one Elijah Patrick, who had employed James McGuire clerk (said demand being made by sd McGuire) he did on the date "above mentioned informed sd McGuire" he would leave "when he got ready", whereupon said McGuire did without reasonable cause strike said petitioner thereby disabling said Allen in the use of his left shoulder and wherefore a jury of twelve men summoned by Thos Whitaker D,, S,, for S Magoffin Co, did on the

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