Early Governors' Papers

Memphis March 10^th 1835.

To his Excellency W^m Carroll Governor of Tennessee,

Sir, We hereby respectfully resign the office of Notary Public heretofore confered [sic] upon us for the County of Shelby.

Your ob^t Servt^s R. C. M^cAlpin Nath^l Anderson

P.S. We beg leave to recommend as a fit and suitable person to fill said office James Rose Esq^r of this place. M^cAlpin Nath^l Anderson W. S. Dabney W. S. Winchester JSa: Rawlings W. T. Gholson James A. Flack John Y. Bayliss Wyatt Christian Seth Wheatley Edmund P. Gaines

R. Lawrence

Memphis 12 Mch

18^3/4

Commission James Rose

His Excellency William Carroll Governor of Tennessee Nashville Tennessee

Shelby County James Rose comd Notary public 16 March 1835