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E. W. McKinstry

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This one-page document announces the appointment of E. W. McKinstry as Adjutant General of the State of California. Governor Peter H. Burnett reported this appointment to the legislature when it convened in January of 1851. On April 25, the legislature voted to elect McKinstry to the position. He served until 1852 when he resigned after being elected Judge of the 7th Judicial District. **Please note that historical materials in this Collection may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values of the California State Library or the State of California and may be considered offensive. Materials must be viewed in the context of the relevant time period, but views are in no way endorsed by the State Library. The California State Library’s mission is to provide credible information services to all Californians and, as such, the content of historical materials should be transcribed as it appears in the original document.

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The People of the State of California.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the capacity, gallantry, integrity and industry of Elisha Williams McKinstry I Peter Hardeman Burnett, Governor of the State of California, in the name and by the authority of the People of said State, do by these presents appoint him the said Elisha Williams McKinstry Adjutant General of the State of California to fill the Vacancy occasioned the resignation of Theron R. Perlee, to hold the same until the meeting of the next Legislature.

In Witness whereof I have caused the Great Seal Of The State to be hereunto affixed

Given under my hand at the City of San Jose the Ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy fifth.

By Peter Hardeman Burnett

Governor of California

[embossed on lower left side of page: Seal of the State of California]

William C. Van Voorhies

Secretary of State

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I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Adjutant General according to the best of my ability

[E. W. McKinstry|Elisha Williams McKinstry]]

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13th day of December A.D. 1850 Given under my hand & Private Seal (having no Notarial Seal) the day & year aforesaid

John H. Gass

Notary Public

[affixed to lower left of page] Red wax seal with the JHG monogram in the center

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