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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-0001-020-2220 MG24-350

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We the undersigned having known Joseph F. Adams from infancy regret exceedingly that circumstantial Evidence has convicted him of the crime of which he is accused We for the sake of his widowed Mother recommend him to your kind consideration knowing him to have always been a kind hearted peacible boy, we trust you will grant the petition that accompanies this with the pleading of his afflicted Mother

Sarah Adams Alexr M. Mackay Shelton Lowry Pink Varble L Chilson M Lane J Gibert Geo Sangle Michael Shearor R W Reed William Hall

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I Cheerfully testify to the within he having worked for me for Years

Wm Mackay