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[Penciled at top of page:] 2 Carr Petition Sept 1 1820

To William King Esquire Governor & the Hon. Council of the State of Maine,

In case of a removal of the present Sheriff of the County of Penobscot we the subscribers would respectfully recommend Joseph Carr Esqr. of Bangor as a Gentleman well qualified to fill that Office & request that he may be appointed.

September 1.th 1820

[Signatories Column 1:]

Thos. Gillpatrick Garland Jeremiah Flanders do John Fifield do Edward Fifield [two struck through] do Stephen Leighton do James Holbrook do Justus Harriman [?] do Thos George Stetson Noah K George do John Farrar do Allen Carter Jr do Soloman Lumbard Exeter Thomas Townsend do John Quimby do John Philbrook do Levi Stevens [two struck through] do Amos. Pinkham do Nath.l Oaks [?] do Stephen Holt do Jos. Cartland do Briant Badger [two struck through] Briant A Badger do

[Signatories Column 2:]

Nathaniel Dennett Exeter Simon Prescott Corinth John Daniel Exeter John Jackman Howland [three struck through] James Towans [?] do John Chandler do Rufus Inman do Abiel Oakes Jr. do Asa Soule do