Commission/Appointment

Benjamin F. Meek, Appointment

1862-12-16

Date of Creation
December 16, 1862
Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Commission/Appointment
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863
Box / Folder
R1-148
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-031-0100
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32211929

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Dates
1862-08-31
1862-12-16
1862-12-27
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Benjamin F. Meek, Appointment, 1862-12-16, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-031-0100 (November 13, 2026).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
JAMES F. ROBINSON,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, that Benj F. Meek Esq having been duly elected appointed "Commissioner of the Institution for the Education of Idiots and Feeble Minded Children" under act of General Assembly Approved Aug 31. 1862 I hereby invest him with full power and authority to execute and discharge the duties of the said office according to law: And to have and to hold the same, with all the rights and emoluments thereto legally appertaining, for and during the term prescribed by law.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at Frankfort, the 16th day of Decr, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 62, and in the 71st year of the Commonwealth.

J F Robinson
BY THE GOVERNOR:
D C Wickliffe, Secretary of State
Commonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

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Inst Feeble Minded Children
Tho. S. Page
Comr
AppdDecr 27 1862