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1852
105 to the Act of Congress 1792 ch. 109. The said certificates were then duly signed and sealed by the Electors as were also the lists agreeably to the aforegoing Form. They were then folded and sealed and addressed to the President of the Senate of the United States: Washington with the following memorandum on each certificate to each of which each Elector attached his name " certificate of the Election of President and Vice President of the United States of America in and for the State of Maryland December 1st 1852" Whereupon the President delivered one of the said certificates to John Parran (one of the Electors) to be by him deposited in the Post office in the City of Annapolis, and one other of the said certificates to Charles J. M. Gwinn (another of the Electors) to be conveyed and delivered by him to the Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. On motion of Mr. McLane The following form of credential was read and adopted and the blank filled with the name of Jonathan Pinkney. State of Maryland Towit To all persons whom it may concern, Know ye that we the Electors of President and Vice President of the United States of America duly Elected in and for the State of Maryland having met at the City of Annapolis on the day prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the United States to perform the trust reposed in us and having voted and made out in due form certificates and lists of the voted given and the persons voted for and having confidence in. Esquire of the City of Annapolis have appointed and by these presents do appoint and authorise him to take charge of one of said certificates and lists and with all convenient despatch to convey and deliver the same to the President of the Senate of the United States at Washington. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals this first day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty two. |
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