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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-0001-020-1957 MG23-407

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-06-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Louisville Ky June 30th 1862 Honl B. McGagoffin Dear Sir

Enclosed I send you a petition of John Nelsen and one of his neighbors praying you to remit the fine of $20 or ten days imprisonment, shown by the Copy of proceeding accompaning the petition I earnestly desire you to remit this fine a great outrage has been inflicted on this old man He was taken and hurried off from home; the officer refused to summon his witnesses by whom he could have shown that he did nothing wrong

Esqr T Conn who was at the trial & signs the petition says Esqr Conner who tried the case did very wrong. Nelsen after the trial made application for a new trial but Conner refused him, telling him to take an appeal to the County Court

Nelson is charged with Southern right proclivities and therefore the unbecoming haste

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and prejudice I have taken pains to inform myself in relation to this trial and am satisfied that Nelsen did nothing more than he should have done. I saw his wife a day or two after the occurance and her face was very much bruised from the blows Gilliland gave her. You will do an act of Justice by remitting the fine & imprisonment.

Your Friend O, F, Stirman