Legal/Financial

Lincoln Clark, Oath

1865-07-27

Date of Creation
July 27, 1865
Place of Creation
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
BR2-426
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-007-0477
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FTP Identifier
32206989

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Dates
1865-07-20
1865-07-27
1865-07-31
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Citation

Lincoln Clark, Oath, 1865-07-27, 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-0001-007-0477 (November 15, 2026).

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State of Illinois
Cook County } S.S

I Lincoln Clark having on the 20th day of July A D 1865 been duly appointed and commissioned by the Governor of the State of Kentucky a "Commissioner of Deeds under Chapter 70 of the Act of the General Assembly of said Commonwealth entitled an Act to adopt the Revised Statutes &c" for the State of Kentucky resident at the City of Chicago in in the County and State aforesaid, do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and that I will well and truly, execute and perform all the duties of such Commissioner under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kentucky

Lincoln Clark

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27th day of July A. D. 1865

Paul Cornell
Notary Public
Duly authorized to administer oaths.

{PAUL CORNELL
NOTARY PUBLIC
COOK COUNTY, ILLS.}

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Comr Deeds
Oath of Lincoln Clark
filed 31 July 1865