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<date when='1864-05-28'>May 28<hi rend='sup'>th</hi> 1864</date><lb/>
Harison Taylor Esqr -- <lb/>
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Kentucky<lb/>
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D.. W.. Johns
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M<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>r</hi></hi> Sec. of State
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