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By the Governor of Virginia — a proclamation.

--Whereas, a vacaney has occurred in the House of Delegates of this States, by the resignation of A. R. Eoteder, Esq., the Delegate elect for the county of Jefferson. Therefore, I, John Letcher, Governor of the Commaonwealth of Virginia, in Exercise of authority vested in the Executive by law, do hereby require the Sheriff of the said county of Jefferson to cause an election to be hold in that county on the 17th day of December next, for a Delegate to fill the vacancy aforesaid.

L. S. Given under my hand as Govenor, and under the Seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond., this 18th day of November, 1861 and in the year of the Commonwealth the eighty-sixth. John Letcher.

By the Governor:
Geo. W. Munford.
Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
The papers at Charlestown to public until the day of election. no 30--ide
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 2, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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