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0520
15th day of December 1856
Jas. Gregory Hodges
G.W. Grice
Jas. F. Crocker
D.J. Godwin
John S. White
John Hobday Jr.

And the Court on consideration therof doth grant them a charter of incorporation under the name & style of "The Portsmouth Building Association to be conducted subject to the laws and constitution of the State of Virginia.

I LeRoy G. Edwards, Clerk of the County Court of Norfolk County State of Virginia hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the said Court.

In testimony thereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 14th day of September 1865 in the 90th year of the Commonwealth.
LeRoy G. Edwards, cc.