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State of Maine.

To all who shall see these Presents:

Greeting.

[To the left is “Samuel E. Smith” without the seal]

Know ye, That Samuel E. Smith, our Governor, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, ability, and discretion of Daniel Rose of Thomaston, Esquire, hath nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of our Council, appointed, the said Daniel Rose, Esquire, Agent to superintend and manage the sale and settlement of the Public Lands, under the Act entitled “An Act to promote the sale and settlement of Public Lands,” passed the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

We therefore do hereby authorize and empower him to fulfil [fulfill] the duties of that office according to law; and to have and to hold the same, together with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments thereto of right appertaining, unto him the said David Rose, Esquire, for the term of four years. If he shall so long behave himself well in said office, unless sooner removed by the Governor and Council for the time being.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and our Seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness, our Governor, at the council Chamber, in Portland, the twenty eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one; and of the Independence of the United States the fifty fifth.

By the Governor.

Roscoe G. Greene, Secretary of State