I received a copy of the 1883 marriage certificate to the second wife of John T. Payne in DC to Mary Foster. Were there marriage forms that were filled out to apply for the certificate? If so how do I go about getting copies of that? On the same copy as my John T. Payne's marriage certificate there are 2 others. I have printed the information here. To any Minister of the Gospel authorized to Celebrate Marriages in the District of Columbia, Greeting: You are hereby Licensed to solemnize the rites of Marriage between Russell B Taylor of Washington DC and Gertrude C. Skeel of Washington DC if you find no lawful impediment thereto; and having so done, you are commanded to appear in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Court of said District and certify the same. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 24 day of April, 1883 R J Meigs, Clerk M A Clancy, Assit. Clerk I, M A Bartlett, Minister of New Your, Av. Presbyterian Church in Washington DC, hereby certify that, by authority of a license of the same tenor as the foregoing, I solemnized the marriage of the parties aforesaid on the 24th day of April, 1883, at Washington, in the District of Columbia. M A Bartlett ___________ To any Minister of the Gospel authorized to Celebrate Marriages in the District of Columbia, Greeting: You are hereby Licensed to solemnize the rites of Marriage between Denis Lyon of Memphis, Tenn. and Bessie Reynolds of Boston, Mass. if you find no lawful impediment thereto; and having so done, you are commanded to appear in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Court of said District and certify the same. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 24 day of April, 1883 R J Meigs, Clerk R J Meigs Jr., Assit. Clerk (no other information) ______________ I hope this is a help to some one. Diane