Author: Cravens, Elisha B. [1807 - 1881] - Recipient. Metcalfe, Thomas [1780 - 1855] - Signator
Title: ENSIGN COMMISSION. State of Kentucky. 9th of May 1832
Description: Frankfort Kentucky: , 1832. SIGNED by the Kentucky Governor, Thomas Metcalfe, and Secretary of the State, John F. Macurdy. Now housed in a clear mylar sleeve. Printed government form, completed in manscript, in the favor of Mr Cravens. Manuscript annotations to the verso: "Fayette County Sat. / This day Elisha B. / Cravens qualified according to / law to the [?] commission (?) / Given under my hand / this (?) 14th Sept 1832 / J. E. Davis J.P. / Mr. Frotter will please / send these to proper person." Typographical border. Printed seal / emblem upper left. Actual impressed Commonwealth seal, lower left. 7" x 8-5/8. General wear, with some minor edge rash. Age-toning & light staining. Fold lines. Withal, a VG copy of this rare survivor. ".. you are hereby commissioned ENSIGN, in the 42nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade of Militia of the said State, to take rank as such, according to the date of this Commission, and to continue in office during your good behaviour and residence with the bounds of your Company.. in the 40th year of the Commonwealth." From the December 21, 1881 Mausville, Kentucky Daily Evening Bulletin we find that Elisha Cravens died a in 1881. While in Lexington, he earned his living as a carpenter, even making the casket for Henry Clay. [Kansas City Journal obit, 16 Dec 1881]. He later relocated to Kansas City MO in 1857, becoming a justice of the peace in 1858. Thomas Metcalfe [also Metcalf], also known as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the 10th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first gubernatorial candidate in the state's history to be chosen by a nominating convention rather than a caucus. He was also the first governor of Kentucky who was not a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. [Wiki].

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