File #5720: "Carr_petition_Sept_1_p2.pdf"

[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

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