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Gov. B. Magoffin<lb/>
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<p corresp='TTP35084745P1' xml:id='OTP35084745P1'>Will you be kind enough to send me the necessary papers for Mr Henry Cluskey of Saint Louis Missouri to act as Commissioner for Kentucky in that state for taking acknowledgment of deeds &amp;c.. Any fees that may attach to the papers I will send you as soon as I know the amount
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