Spring Term A.D. 1883
          Saturday April 28th 1883
Counsellor at law and your petitioner will ever
pray &c
April 23rd 1883 -      William E. Dewson  

We hereby Certify to Mr. Wm E. Dewson as a man of
good moral character              Jno W. Ashby
                                  B.A. Thrasher
Ordered that R.F. Taylor and Messrs Roysdon & Finley
be appointed a Committee to examine said applicant
as to his qualifications for admission to the bar &
report to the Court               Thos F. King
April 24th 1883                         Judge

To the Hon Thos F. King
            Judge &c
                    We the undersigned Committee
appointed by your Honor to examine the applicant
William E. Dewson for admission to the bar as an
attorney and Counsellor at Law beg leave hereby to report
to your Honor that we have performed the duty assigned
to us - And we take pleasure in reporting to your
Honor that in a lengthy examination covering nearly
all of the general branches of law and equity we
found Mr. Dewson well grounded being prompt
and accurate in his replies exhibiting the fact that he
has assiduously applied himself in his studies and
that he very understandingly comprehends what he
has read both from a theoretical as well as a practical
standpoint and we take great pleasure in reccom-
ending him to be admitted to the Bar of this Honorable
Court as an attorney and Counsellor at Law
         Very respectfully submitted
                           R.F. Taylor
                           S.Y. Finley
                           A.W. Roysdon
   Whereupon the said William E. Dewson was
duly sworn as an attorney at Law and Solicitor & 
Counsellor as by law required -
                 In Circuit Court 5th Judicial
            Circuit of Florida Alachua County
This is to Certify unto all whom it may come Greeting
Whereas William E. Dewson has this day been duly
and legally Sworn as an attorney at law and Counsellor
and Solicitor:
These presents are therefore to show that the said