Beriah Magoffin, Secretary of State, Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

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Accession Number

KYR-0001-017-0208

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG4-118

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

2 October 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-10-02

IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
BERIAH MAGOFFIN,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting:

Know Ye, That Nat. Gaither Jr having been duly ~~elected~~ appointed Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the place of Tho. B. Monroe Jr. resigned I hereby invest him with full power and authority to execute and discharge the duties of the said office according to law: And to have and to hold the same, with all the rights and emoluments thereunto legally appertaining, for and during the term prescribed by law.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at Frankfort, the 2^nd day of Octo, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty one, and in the 70^th year of the Commonwealth.

B. Magoffin

BY THE GOVERNOR:
[ ], Secretary of State.

"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.

State of Kentucky
Franklin County Sct

I George W Gwin a Justice of the peace for said County do certify that Nat Gaither this day came personally before me and took the oath prescribed in the first Section of the Eighth Article of the Constitution of Kentucky for the faithful discharge of the duties of Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Kentucky under the within Commission

Given under my hand this 2^nd day of October 1861

Geo W Gwin J. P.

Secretary of State
Nat: Gaither Jr
App^d^{& Com^d
Octo. 32^nd 1861}

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