Alachua County Est Fla

        Alachua County.  S.S. We the Subscribers & Judge 
of Probate for the County aforesaid and inhabitants of said 
County having the qualification of Voters therein, selected by 
said Judge of probate to assist him in canvassing and counting 
the votes given for each Office and for the several persons for 
each office as shown by the returns filed in the Office of 
said Judge, At an Election held at the several 
precincts in said County on Monday the fifth day of 
October eighteen hundred and forty six, After having 
Carefully canvassed and Counted said Votes, do hereby 
Certify that the following is a true return of the votes 
given at said Election Viz. --- 
        The whole number of votes given for the Office of 
Representative to the thirtieth Congress of the United States 
from the State of Florida is two hundred and forty five 
Votes, and that of these votes William A. Kain received 
one hundred and fifty Votes, and Edward C. Cabel 
received ninety five votes, and that the whole number 
of votes given for the Office of Senator from the fifteenth 
Senatorial District to the next general assembly is 
two hundred and thirteen votes, and that of these votes 
Gabriel Priest received One hundred and thirty eight 
Votes, and John Curry received seventy five votes 
And that the whole number of Votes given for the 
Office of Representative to the next general Assembly 
from said County is two hundred and sixteen Votes 
and of these votes Louis Aldrich received one 
hundred and forty two Votes, Daniel Gillet received 
forty Six Votes, and Joseph Howel received twenty 
eight Votes 
                       Signed   Charles L. Dell 
                                 Judge of Probate 
                                 Samuel Russell 
                                 John Helvingston 
                   (Inhabitants and voters of said County) 
        Recorded October 16th 1846 
                  Charles L. Dell 
                  Judge of Probate