Letter

[Untitled], this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1864

Author
ELI SLIFER, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Date
July 14, 1865
Type
Letter
Language
English

[Untitled]

in the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, andrew g. curtin, governor of the said commonwealth,

To all to whom these presents shall come, sends greeting:

Know ye that Michael Kirwan, of the county of Philadelphia, having been duly appointed by me, the said Andrew G. Curtin, colonel of the 13th regiment cavalry, Pennsylvania volunteers, mustered into the service of the United States, for the defence of the general government, I do commission him to rank as such, from the 7th day of October, A. D. 1863.

He is, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of colonel, by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. This commission to continue in force until the same shall be lawfully determined or annulled.

Given under my hand and the greal seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1864, and of the Commonwealth the 89th.

By the governor:

ELI SLIFER, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Notes
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Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.