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 whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That James B Speedhaving been duly appointed to the office of Second Lieutenant Company C. In the 1st Artillery Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 2 Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of one year unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive form your superior officers.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three and in the eighty=seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

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BY THE GOVERNOR:
D. C. Wickliffe, Secretary of State.

Commonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

Co^y C

Lt. Speed
Com. cancelled
June 10. 1863

OATH.

I [...] do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of [...] in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.

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Before me, personally appeared the above [...] and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.

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[...] A. D. 186[...].