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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-0001-020-1817 MG23-192 to MG23-193

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1862-04-16 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Maysville, April 16th / 62 Gov Magoffin

Dear Sir, I wrote you some days ago respecting a judgment rendered by the Mason Circuit Court, against William McClanahan, as bail for the appearance of my husband Robert H Sheppard, in the Mason Circuit Court, to answer the charge of passing two counterfeit half dollars.

I have received no reply, & I fear you have not received my letter. I tried in that letter to give you a truthful statement of the facts of the case, hoping and believing them sufficient to authorize you to release Mr

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McClanahan from the payment of the money. He is in great distress, & is anxious to hear from you. Will you please answer, and say whether there is any hope that you will release him.

I am in great distress, and beg your pardon for writing a second letter so soon. Hoping you will write me,

I am respectfully Mrs Sheppard Wife of R. H Sheppard.

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Remitted -- see McClanahan's Petition- B.M