Correspondence

Caleb B. Smith to Beriah Magoffin

1861-07-09

Date of Creation
July 9, 1861
Place of Creation
Washignton, District of Columbia
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG1-264 to MG1-265
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-023-0070
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FTP Identifier
32210925

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Dates
1850-05-23
1861-07-09
1861-07-15
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Caleb B. Smith to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-09, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 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-0001-023-0070 (November 12, 2026).

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Department of the Interior
Washington
To —
His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the State of Kentucky

I Caleb B Smith Secretary of the Interior, do hereby certify that, in discharge of the duty devolved on me by the provisions of an Act of Congress approved May 23rd 1850, entitled "an Act providing for the taking of the Seventh and subsequent Censuses of the United States, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives, and provide for their future apportionment among the several States." I have apportioned the Representatives for the Thirty Eighth Congress among the several States as provided for by said Act, in the manner directed by the 25th Section thereof

And, I do hereby further certify that the State of Kentucky is entitled to Eight (8) members

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in the House of Representatives for the Thirty eighth Congress, and until another apportionment shall be made according to law

{DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR}
Intestimonywhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed this 9th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one.

Caleb B Smith

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Apportionment of Representation in Congress by Secretary of the Interior.

Filed July 15. 1861