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Henry S. Steele
Care Ferguson, Grain and Smith
No 24- Pine Street -- New York.
Sir,
Your communication to His Excellency Govr Bramlette -- of the th inst.
It is an established custom to commission only those who recruit the men, and so avowed in the General Orders calling for six months troops. While His Excellency appreciates a patriotic spirit -- wherever found, he deems the faith of the State pledged by the premises and terms of his General Orders, and cannot depart from them.
Respectfully
Your obt serv't
John Boyle
Adjt. Gen. of Ky.