Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/Harrison to Menard Commission as a judge of common pleas Randolph county. Ill.

by William Henry Harrison

Commission of Peter Menard

February 5, 1801

Fergus Historical Series, Early Illinois, 31

William Henry Harrison, Esq., Governor and Commander in Chief of Indiana Territory,

Indiana Territory

To Peter Menard, Esquire, of the County of Randolph sends Greeting:

Know you that reposing Especial trust and confidence in your abilities, integrity and judgment, I, the said William Henry Harrison have appointed, and do by these presents appoint and commission you, the said Peter Menard, to be one of our Judges of the court of common pleas, in and for our said County, hereby giving and granting unto you full right and title to have and Execute all and singular the powers, Jurisdictions and authorities, and to receive and enjoy all and singular Emoluments, of a Judge of the court of common pleas, of a Judge of the Orphans Court, and of a Justice of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace in and for the county aforesaid agreeable to the constitution of the laws of this Territory to have and to hold this commission and the office hereby granted to you so long as you shall behave yourself well.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Territory at Vincennes (Seal) this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one and of the Independence of the United States the twenty fifth. By the governor,

Jno. Gibson, Secretary

(Endorsed) Commission Peter Menard, Esq.