Early Governors' Papers

Novbr. 27th., 1847

Most Excellent Sir,

The increasing commercial prosperity of our City, and the rapidity with which strangers, of whom many from the State of Tennessee, are acquiring residence in our midst, together with the fact that there is no Commissioner appointed by your Honored State to reside in the City of La fayette, will, I trust, warrant the liberty taken to solicit at the hands of Your Excellency the appointment of "Commissioner of Deed, &c. to reside in the City of La fayette, La. - Trusting that such an Office may prove of general Convenience in Judicial matters, I hope my request may find favor; and I remain

Your Most Obt. Servt. Aug. W. Jourdan

Governor Brown Nashville

Governor Brown Nashville

A. W. Jourdan Louisiana