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[Penciled at top of page:] 2 Carr Petition n.d.

To Wm King Esqr Governor and the Honbl Council of the State of Maine

In case of the removal of the present Sheriff of the County of Penobscot, we the subscribers would respectfully recommend Joseph Carr Esq as a Gentleman well qualified to fill that office and request that he may be approved.

[Signatories Column 1:]

Benjamin Higgins Daniel Rider James Mayo Stevens [?] A Murch Isaiah Dean Jesse Avery Zeb.on James Jr Jon.a Simpson Jason Simpson Ezekiel Smith [Four names in pencil:] Joseph Whitney William Snow Thomas Whitney George Knowles

[Signatories Column 2:]

Heman Hopkinson [sic? two struck through] Solomon Newcassel [?] Sylvanus Leonard Jon.a Kendall Simeon Mayo [two struck through] Asa Porter Allen Hopkins Elisha Hopkins James S Crosby Seth Higgins W.m N. Reed Simon Whitmore Prince Rogers Bangs Ganny [sic?] [Two names in pencil:] Truman Snow Freeman Bemis [sic? Bierce?] Elijah Mayo Read Harding