Early Governors' Papers

To his Excellency Samuel Houston Gov. of Tennessee

We the subscribers inhabitants of Henry county beg leave to state to your Excellency that we are well acquained with William M Brown attorney at Law of the Town of Paris and from his age, knowledge of the Law and experience as a practitioner we are pusuaded that his appointment to the office of Solicitor will be acceptable

We therefore recomend to your excelency his appointment to that office

T. Cooney John McClellan Danl Mason John Young Thomas K Porter A. M. Hamtramck Hugh Dunlap