Correspondence

J. H. McHenry to Ephraim L. Van Winkle

1865-06-20

Date of Creation
June 20, 1865
Place of Creation
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR2-387 to BR2-388
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-007-0451
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FTP Identifier
32206963

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1865-06-20
1865-06-21
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J. H. McHenry to Ephraim L. Van Winkle, 1865-06-20, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-007-0451 (November 14, 2026).

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Owensboro Ky June 20th 1865
E. L. Vanwinkle Esqr
Secty State Ky
Dr Sir

It would be a matter of great accommodation to the people and members of the bar to have another Notary Public in Daviess County — outside of the clerks of the Co & Cir Courts I know of but two persons in our town authorized to administer oaths for "general purposes"

I therefore respectfully ask that you will send me a commissioner as N. P. I intended to have this attended to before the Legislature adjourned but neglected it till it was

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too late —

very Respectfully
Yr Obdt Svt
John H. McHenry Jr

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Notary Public
Daviess Co
John H. McHenry Jr
comd
21st June 1865