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State of Maine
To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come,
[to the top left is a circle with the word "Seal" written inside and "Albion K. Parris" underneath]
Greeting:
Whereas, before James Cochran, Esquire, one of our Justices of the Peace within and for our County of Kennebec, on the ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, Nathan Randall, of Leeds, in our said County of Kennebec, yeoman, was convicted of the crime of Larceny; and thereupon, by our said Justice, was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar, and costs of prosecution taxed at ten dollars and thirty nine cents; which sentence has been performed; and he the said Nathan Randall, has humbly supplicated Us for mercy:
Now Know Ye, That, upon full consideration of the premises, WE do hereby grant to him the said Nathan Randall, a full and free pardon of the crime aforesaid; of which, all our Judges, Justices, Magistrates and Officers of every denomination are to take notice:
Witness Albion K. Parris, our Governor, with the advice and consent of our Council, and our Seal hereunto affixed, at Portland, the thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty two; and in the forty sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor;
A. Nichols, Deputy Secretary of State.