To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That J. S Dury having been duly appointed to the office of Adjutant with the rank of 1st Lieutenant In the 73rd Regiment of Kentucky Militia organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as Adjutant as aforsaid, for the term prescribed by law unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=four and in the seventy= second year of the Commonwealth.