Correspondence

John Bissell to James W. Tate

1862-02-28

Date of Creation
February 28, 1862
Place of Creation
New York City, New York County, New York
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG4-348 to MG4-349
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0372
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FTP Identifier
32207641

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Dates
1862-02-28
1861-10-15
1862-03-05
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John Bissell to James W. Tate, 1862-02-28, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-017-0372 (November 13, 2026).

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JOHN BISSEL,

Commissioner to take testimony and acknowledgments for all the States in the Union: appointed by the Governors thereof.

NOTARY PUBLIC,
11 Wall-st., (Mortimer Building,)
NEW YORK.

28th February 1862
Hon J W Tate
Sir

Yours of Oct 15th respecting a renewal of my commission as Commissioner of Deeds &c for Kentucky was duly received, & would have been answered sooner but for the fact that so little business in the line of these appointments has been doing for the last year that I felt reluctant to spare from my limited means — the trifling fee required on such renewal. For Kentucky I have done nothing for months, & the prospect for future business is gloomy in the extreme — & still I desire to retain the power & authority confered by the appointment in hope that in future it may be made available to the citizens of each state & therefore now enclose you the

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fee & respectfully solicit a renewal of the office

Your obt svt
John Bissell

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New York

Comr of Deeds
Jno. Bissell
City

AppdFebMar. 5th 1862