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State of Maine.

To all who shall see these Presents,

Greeting:

[to the left is a circle with "Seal." inside it and "Albion K. Parris," written under it]

Know Ye, That, Albion K. Parris, our Governor, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, ability and discretion of Joshua Gage of Augusta Esquire, hath nominated and by and with the advice and consent of our Council, appointed the said Joshua Gage, Esquire, to be one of our Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum; within and for each and every of our Counties, through the State:

We, therefore, do hereby authorise [authorize] and empower him to fulfil [fulfill] the duties of that office according to law; to cause to be kept the Laws and ordinances made for the good of the peace and the conservation of the same; and to have and to hold the said office, together with all the powers, privileges and emoluments thereto of right appertaining unto him the said Joshua Gage, Esquire, for the term of seven years, if he shall so long behave himself well in said office.

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, n Portland, the twenty second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four; and of the Independence of the United States the forty eighth.

By the Governor;

A: Nichols, Secretary of State,