Legal/Financial

John Bissell, Oath

1862-03-10

Date of Creation
March 10, 1862
Place of Creation
New York City, New York County, New York
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
MG4-369 to MG4-370
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0386
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32207655

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Dates
1862-03-10
1862-03-10
1862-03-13
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John Bissell, Oath, 1862-03-10, 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-0001-017-0386 (November 13, 2026).

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State City & county of New York [...]

I John Bissell having been appointed by the Governor of the State of Kentucky a Comissioner to take testimony acknowledgments &c to be used or recorded in that state, do hereby solemnly affirm that I will well & truly execute & perform all the duties of that office to the best of my ability So help me God.

John Bissell

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1862

D, Hubards
Noty Public

{JOHN BISSELL
NEW YORK
COMMISSIONER}

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New York 10th March 1862
Hon Jas W Tate Secretary of State &c
Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a Commission to take testimony acknowledgments &c for your state & herewith forward you to be placed on file the evidence of my compliance with your statute on that subject —

Have the goodness to make to His Excellency the Governor my acknowledgments for the honor thus confered & assure him it is my earnest hope that no act of mine shall induce him to think it misplaced

Very respectfully your
Obt srvt
John Bissell

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New York

Oath of Jno. Bissell
Comr of Deeds
Filed Mar 13 1862