Petition of J. E. Parke and Others to Augustus C. French, [19 April 1847]1
To the Honorable Augustus C French Governer of the State of Illinois–The undersigned would respectfully represent, that at the April Term of the McLean County Circuit Court one Jacob Hoffman2 was indicted for the crime of Forgery. That to said indictme[nt] said Hoffman plead guilty, and was by the court sentenced to the Penetentiary for the term of one year– That they believe that this is the first offence of which
said Hoffman has been guilty. They would therefore further state that he has been confined ^in^ the Jail for the county of McLean for about five months– That he is yet quite a young man, and connected with a large
and respectable, though poor family who resid[e] ^in^ Fulton County Illinois– That the Father of said Hoffman is an old, and infirm man and that he and his family, have depended
for a subsistance to a considerable extent, upon the labour of said Jacob Hoffman–
That in consideration of the premeses they would humbly petition your Honor, that the punishment, may be remitted, and
said Hoffman set at leberty, and as in duty bound your petitioners would ever pray & c[etc.]3
| Names | Names |
| J. E. Parke | K H. Fell |
| Bnj. Cox | |
| O. Cheney | |
| D Davis– | J. [?] |
| W H Macon | D. D. Haggard |
| M. C. Becker | Joshua Cooper |
| E. Depew | John Mayers |
| J G Foster | [A. W. Cox?] |
| C Baker | J H Mannen |
| Wm C Hartley | Chester Winchester |
| Thomas H [Rhight?] | Eli Barnet |
| R. O. Warinner | G Winchester |
| J W Ewing | H Taylor |
| M B Rowan | P G Young |
| Jas S. Bay | A. J. Merriman |
| H. H. Painter | Wm [Peppy?] |
| J B Campbell | Richard Dodge |
| John Dietrich | W. H. Temple |
| William Harrison | W. H Gray |
| John Macaboy | John Lindly |
| B. F Hains | J. C Duncan |
| Ma | Z. C. Hains |
| Matthew Robb | James Franks |
| Josiah [Howe?] | Peter McCullough |
| Isaac Murphy | |
| Wm Matthew | Henry Miller |
| A. Gridley | Chas D. Butler |
| John T Stuart | B. Tanner Blain |
| James Miller | Campbell Wakfieldby request |
| A. Lincoln | |
| A. H. Luce | James Frisby4 |
| E N Powell | Andrew Davis |
| Washington Lewis | Jonathan Glimpse |
| Joseph Mitchell | |
| R. C. Baker | Isaac Baker |
| John Radcliff | E Greenman |
| John Macabay5 | W. C Hobbs |
| M H. Hawks | John L Routt |
| John Carter | |
| George Houghman | Wm Newton |
| Noah Stine | Jonathan Maxson |
| Joseph Carothers | Wm R. Rundel |
| J I Walton | D. E. Stine |
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Jacob Huffmans Pet.[Petition] for Pardon
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| } | these and all the below signers are of Fulton Co and the immediate Neighbours of the said Jacob Hoffman and of his father George Hoffman and are well aware of the truth of the statements in the above petition and cordially join in the prayer thereof. | |
| H C Nelson | ||
| Richd. L. Moran | ||
| George S Downing |
| A. G. Downing | E. L. Head |
| Elijah Capps | John G. Graham |
| Capps C Capps | P. C. Stearns6 |
| Cary Capps | D. W. Vittum |
| John Wilson | Jonas Rawalt |
| James Ellis | John Lowe7 |
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Job Shinn |
| J. C. Wilson | J. W. Proctor– |
| W C. Green | Albert Emory |
| Jas Wills | Wm Wills |
| [J. A?] Green | William Murray |
| Frederik Bidamon | Preston Sebree |
| James. Dunn. | James Taylor |
| Thomas H Head | H P Fellows |
| J. K. McConnell. | Wm. H. Murphy |
| Moses Standley | Samuel Heath |
| Frank Foster | Daniel Prescott |
| J. H Bass– | F. Doolittle |
| R. A. Venable | David Wiley |
| J. M. [Wiseurll?] | Jno A. McCulloh |
| L Tucker | Hugh Martin |
| S. Smith | Alexander Fisher |
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| David. M. Smith | S. J. Hatcher |
| Joel Coykendall | |
| Henry Hipple | Domnick Burk |
| S. S. Wyckoff | Thos. L. Ewing |
| D Z Zuck | S. S. [ |
| J. P. Crosthwait | |
| J. R. Harring | I H Laws |
| Wm H Moran | Isaac Hofman |
| Wm Moran | George Erle |
| Dewitt Clinton Van Bensen | J [K?] Brown |
| William Long | J. H. Hiller |
| Willis Bull. | John. A. Lane |
| Wm– Huffman | W. N. Cline |
| Henry Hilton | Seth Hilton |
| Daniel [Worbly?] | John Sherwood |
| H. [Snively?] | S. R. Aten |
| John Baughma[n Glanest?] | Harvey Wheeler |
| Benjamin W. Messler | Leonard Wheeler |
| James Conley | John Clayburg |
| Joseph hilten | Andrew Kramer |
| Absalom Maxwell | J. L. Slaght |
| Edward Davis | L. Millard |
| E A Bradly by concent | J. F. Alden |
| Wm H Millard | Benjamin Cook |
| Miller Davis | [Harman E Rout?] |
| Logan Jones | [D]avid J Waggoner |
| Wm M Comb | Isaac C Waggoner |
| [W.?] Beadles | J. Walker– |
| J. Solomon | [Levi Hise?] |
| John Myres | [I?] Wiley Jones |
| N [Walker?] | [Carruthers Bouvak?] |
| C. Jones– | Thos L. Little |
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Let him out
Handwritten Document Signed, 5 page(s), Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL).