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Attorney &amp; Counsellor at Law,<lb/>
NOTARY PUBLIC,<lb/>
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And duly authorised to take Depositions, Acknowledgments of Deeds, Powers of Attorney, &amp;c. for<lb/>
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New-Jersey,<lb/>
Pennsylvania,<lb/>
Virginia,<lb/>
Massachusetts,<lb/>
<cb n='2'/>Connecticut.<lb/>
Rhode Island,<lb/>
New-Hampshire,<lb/>
Vermont,<lb/>
Maine,<lb/>
<cb n='3'/>Tennessee,<lb/>
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North Carolina,<lb/>
Oregon,<lb/>
Ohio<lb/>
<cb n='4'/>Illinois,<lb/>
Iowa,<lb/>
Indiana,<lb/>
Michigan,<lb/>
Wisconsin,<lb/>
<cb n='5'/>Minnesota,<lb/>
Missouri,<lb/>
Texas,<lb/>
District Columbia,<lb/>
Kansas,<milestone n='1' unit='column'/><lb/>
California, and the other States and Territories.
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ROOMS 12 &amp; 13, (Entrance No. 1 Park Place.)<lb/>
Residence, No.<gap/><lb/>
FEES.<lb/>
<table rend='rules'><row><cell>Acknowledgments of not more than two persons, </cell><cell>for other States, at the Office</cell><cell>$1</cell><cell>00</cell></row><row><cell>do do do </cell><cell>for use on record in this State,</cell><cell/><cell>38</cell></row><row><cell>do do do</cell><cell>at the City Residence of party, an additional charge is made, usually</cell><cell>1</cell><cell>00</cell></row><row><cell>PASSPORTS obtained for</cell><cell> </cell><cell>2</cell><cell>00</cell></row></table><lb/>
&amp;#9758; Acknowledgments taken at Private Residences in any part of the City.
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Hon. Thos. E. Bramlette<lb/>
Gov. of Kentucky,<lb/>
Dear Sir,
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<p corresp='TTP35082256P5' xml:id='OTP35082256P5'>Yours Very Truly<lb/>
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<p corresp='TTP35082256P6' xml:id='OTP35082256P6'>"The Union forever"
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