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City of Philadelphia
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<p corresp='TTP35084535P1' xml:id='OTP35084535P1'>I, John H Frick of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, appointed by the Governor of the State of Kentucky, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the State of Pennsylvania, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments of writing, to be used or recorded in said state of Kentucky, pursuant to Chapter Seventy, of the act of the General assembly of said Commonwealth, entitled "an act to adopt the Revised Statutes," approved <date when='1852-01-07'>January 7. 1852,</date> do solemnly swear that I will well and truly execute and perform all the duties of such Commissinoer to the best of my ability.
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<p corresp='TTP35084535P3' xml:id='OTP35084535P3'>Sworn and subscribed before me this <date when='1862-03-31'>31<hi rend='sup'>st</hi> day of March a.d. 1862</date>
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Commissioner for Kentucky in Phila -- Pa.
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Dear Sir
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<p corresp='TTP35084536P2' xml:id='OTP35084536P2'>I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a Commission from his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky re-appointing me a Commissioner of Deeds, &amp;c for the state in Pennsylvania.
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Secretary of State of Kentucky.
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no 223 Dock. St
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