Correspondence

R. S. Lanier to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-08-29

Date of Creation
August 29, 1865
Place of Creation
Macon, Macon County, Georgia
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
BR2-462 to BR2-463
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-007-0504
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FTP Identifier
32207016

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Dates
1865-08-09
1865-08-29
1865-09-05
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R. S. Lanier to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-08-29, 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-0001-007-0504 (November 15, 2026).

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Macon Geo. August 29/65.
His Excellency —
Governor, State of Kentucky:

Sir: — I respectfully ask to be appointed Commissioner for the State of Kentucky to take acknowledgement of deeds &c. &c. in the State of Georgia — such officer being now needed in middle Ga. on the re-establishment of business relations between several states.

Very respectfully
R. S. Lanier.

Macon Ga. August 29/65.

The applicant, R. S. Lanier, of Bibb County Georgia, is well known to me; is of good character, has taken the amnesty oath & is not, as I am well assured, embraced within any of the exception in the amnesty proclamation.

J Johnson
Pro Gov of Ga

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Comr Deeds
R. S. Lanier
Georgia
comd
5 Sept/65