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Petition of Anson G. Henry and Others to Augustus C. French, 7 March 18501
Hon. A. C. French Governor of Illinois.Sir,,
The undersigned your petitioners legal voters of the City of Springfield would respectfully request that your Excellency appoint Wm B. Fondey as an additional Notary Public for this City. and as in duty bound &c.[etc.]2
March 7th 1850
Tho H Campbell A. G. Henry
M. Brayman Walter Davis
Wm Stadden R P Abel
E. Moore T. R. King
P. Shutt3 L. B. Adams
D. B. Campbell R. W. Diller
A. Lincoln C. S. Corneau
John B. Moffett R. Coon
E B Herndon A O Millington
S C. Runyon S. B. Moody
J. D. Stratton J M Morse
J C Sutton Benjamin Talbott
T. J. V. Owen Jos Klein
N S Bates S. G. Jones
J. M. Burkhardt I. S. Britton
John G. Ives John E Roll
E. Bliss W. T. Gibbons
I B Curran James H Matheny
Geo. Eastman W Harvey
Wm Mourer J W Hampton
John C. Lamb Henry C Beers
James L. Lamb Richard Herndon
Charles B. Pelton Thos R Mauzy
Hiram Walker F. Clinton
C. W. Matheny Daniel Ragsdale
B. C. Webster
Asa Eastman Leighton G. Moore
R. M. Ridgely
Chas P. Webster
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[ endorsement ]
You will appoint Mr. Fondey for the City of Springfield
A C French4
[ docketing ]
1850
Wm B. Fondey Nota Pub.[Notary Public]
City of Springfield
Sangamon County
[ docketing ]
03/25/[1850]
March 25
1Anson G. Henry wrote the text of this petition and signed his name. Abraham Lincoln and the fifty-three others signed their own names.
2As indicated by Governor Augustus C. French’s endorsement and the docketing on the last sheet, William F. Fondey received the appointment on March 25, 1850.
3“P. Shutt” could not be positively identified.
4French wrote and signed this endorsement.

Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL).