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CHANCERY COURT ROOM, COURT-HOUSE,<lb/>
Louisville, Kentucky, <date when='1865-09-15'>Sept 15<hi rend='sup'>th</hi> 1865</date>.<lb/>
James R. Page Esqr<lb/>
Asst Sec State
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<p corresp='TTP35082880P1' xml:id='OTP35082880P1'>The undersigned Edwin Thomson, a citisen of Louisville Jefferson County, Kentucky, hereby makes application for the appointment to the office of Notary Public in and for the county of Jefferson Ky.
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<p corresp='TTP35082880P2' xml:id='OTP35082880P2'>Please see enclosed papers &amp;c<lb/>
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Edwin Thomson
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Major 5<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>th</hi></hi> U. S. C. C.<lb/>
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