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<date when='1861-10-11'>Oct 11<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>th</hi></hi> 1861</date><lb/>
His Excellency<lb/>
Beriah Magoffin,<lb/>
Dear Sir,
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<p corresp='TTP35093116P1' xml:id='OTP35093116P1'>Allow me to introduce to you Mr John S. Hixon of this city, and an atty at Law. He visits Frankfort on an errand of Mercy. Any statements he may make in the case should secure implicit belief, I hope you may find time to give his application full consideration, and heart to grant the prayer
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