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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-0001-020-1636 MG22-295 to MG22-296

Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1862-01-16 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 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Harrodsburg Ky January 16th 1862, Dear Friend

Little Charley Petty comes to you asking a smallfavor which in my opinion, under all the circumstances I think it will be well enough for you to grant. The offense that Charley is charged is his first and from the evidence in the case I think the verdict was not only unjust but even cruel. Charley is quite young & very sentitive & confinement in Jail would most probably have the effect to degade him in his own instruction & thus have a bad instead of a salutary effect, besides it occurs to my mind that the severe penalties of the law were only intended to reach men who were continually engagings in rough & breaches

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of the peace. Charley's father and mother are very much mortified over the affair and he has promised them to sin no more and ^I^ hope it will agree with your notions of offical duty to interfere in his behalf.

We never whatever here since you left

Very sincerely Your Friend C. C. Smedley

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Harrodsburg Po. Ct 10 days impt. Chas C. Petty Remission IssdJany 16 1862

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