Unknown to Lovell
1861-02-05
- Date of Creation
- February 5, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Meade County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Commission/Appointment
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG18-434
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0607
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209015
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Citation
Unknown to Lovell, 1861-02-05, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://test.discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0607 (February 14, 2026).
Dear Lovell,
This will be handed to you by Sally White a Sister of Nez Alexander a free boy who was convicted at the
Certainly the evidence in the Case (of which She has a transcript) does not show he was guilty in fact but only in intention. The family have a good Character here, and Perhaps Clemency would be beneficial in this case.
Sally wishes your kind Offices with the Governor, and I hope you will devote a few minutes to her interests.
Things rather dull here but I am kept busy.
All well here,
Yours as ever. R. N. R