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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-0001-007-0215 BR2-74

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-05-11 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Quartermaster's Department, OFFICE RIVER TRANSPORTATION. Louisville, Ky., May 11th 1864.

His Excelency Thos G,, Bramblette Gov of the State of Kentucky

Your petitioner would respectfully ask that he be appointed a Notary Public" for the County of Jefferson, made necessary by the urgent demands of the business of the Office of River Transportation, to which he is attached, and also by the Removal of "E. R. Bissell" Notary Public from this office and County,

Respectfully J,, H,, Metcalf

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Respectfully forwarded with the request that the appointment be made as it will facilitate the business of this office very much in the transactions of which, affidavits are continually required to be made

L S Metcalf Capt & Aqm In charge of River Transportation