By the Governor of Virginia.--a proclamation.
--Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia occasioned by the resignation of
Alfred M. Barbour, one of the members for the county of
Jefferson, therefore, the
Sheriff of the said county is here by required to hold an election at the several places of voting prescribed by law in said county, on Thursday, the 21st day of November, (the present month,) for a member of the
Convention to fid the vacancy aforesaid.
Given under my hand as Governor, and under the Seal of the
Commonwealth, at
Richmond, this 7th 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 in
Jefferson county will copy, and send their accounts to the Executive Department.
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