Petiton from citizens of Alabama to Governor A. B. Moore; Feburary 1859

Item

Identifier

Q134045

Title

Petiton from citizens of Alabama to Governor A. B. Moore; Feburary 1859

Rights

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Type

text

Creator

Citizens of Alabama

Date

1859 February

Description

From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A petiton from citzens of Alabama to Governor Andew B. Moore requesting the pardon of Elijah R. Murphree.

Format

Petiton

Language

English

Place

Alabama

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Emma Jackson Pepperman

Relation

Q134041-Q134042; Q134043-Q134044; Q134053-Q134054; Q134077-Q134078

transcription

Moore

To his excellency [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B. Moore]] governor of the [[Alabama|State of Alabama]] Whereas one [[Murphree, Elijah R.|Elijah R Murphree]] a convict in the penitentiary of the State of Alabama having a [[WIFE|wife]] of five helpless [[children|children]] & his family being in very [[impoverishedpeople|Indigent circumstances]] & also that said family has to depend solely upon the <s>labour<s> labor of said Murrphree for support & bele<s>a<s>^e^ving that said Murphree has been punished suficentley for the charge pledged as he was confined in [[Jails|jail]] fo near two Yeats before his confinement in the penitentiary & knowing the helpless situation of his wife & children

We your undersigned potitioners pray your eccellency to release the said Elijah R Murphree from said confinement so he may return home to help make a suport for his family and we your humble potitioners will ever Pray &c this the day of Febuary <s>184<s> 1859

[?] B Billingsly

William X ^his^ Ruple 1<sup>st<sup>
John X ^ his mark^ Tilsman 2
Jon Mcanally 3
J H Parham 4
Archibald Kelsue 5
Jas Kelsoe ,6
James. J. [unclear]-inson 7
Albert Cargo 8
Sion Beckworth 9
D. L. Murphree 10
Stephen Bynum 11

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History.