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Gov -- B. Magoffin
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<p corresp='TTP35090704P1' xml:id='OTP35090704P1'>Enclosed I send petition of the bearer Chas Petty, who seaks at your hands Executive clemency you will please give the case immediate attention, as I think it a meritorious one, and extend to him such clemency as justice and your sinse of official duty. <unclear/>.
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