Commission signed by Pinckney Pinchback as acting governor of Louisiana
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Morgan / WAS DELCARED DULY ELECTED / Recorder in and for the Parish of Point Coup\u00c3\u00a9e / Now, Therefore, I do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of said office / according to law, and to have and to hold the same, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments appertaining / by right thereto, during the term of said office, as fixed by law. / In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature and caused the seal of the State to be attached, / at the city of New Orleans, this twenty sixth day of December in the year / of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two and in the year of the independence of the United / States of America the ninety seventh / By the Acting Governor: [signed] P. B. Pinchback]. Also signed by the assistant Secretary of State. 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