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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-007-0204 BR2-58 to BR2-59

New York City, New York County, New York New York City, New York County, New York 1864-05-26 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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New York May 26th 1864 To his Excellency Govr Thomas E. Bramlette Honored Sir:

The undersigned most respectfully & humbly petitions and solicits at your hands. the appointment of "Commissioner of Deeds." of your State in and for the State of New York.

He has held similar positions in and from most of the states of the Union (Yours Excepted) for the past Eight years. and trusts that of the few Democratic States. now, that he be able to Embrace them all on his list

Tis not very long since he has returned from a Foreign Service in the United States Employ and having fully settled in the City has opp opened a

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Law Office, uptown far from the general location of said kind of business. and altho but a short time, opened has had one application of "Commissioner of Deeds -- " of your State.

I beg that you will grant an assent to the above request. and will forward (as below) a favorable reply. -- awhaiting which I close my hastily written scrawl. remainedremaining much obliged, &c

Yours Respectfully & Sincerely Augustus J. Browne President of 6th District Geo. B. McClellan Club

Please address reply to -- A J Browne 166 -- Sixth avenue new York N.Y

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Comr Deeds New York A J. Browne apptd 14th Sept/64