Early Governors' Papers

To his Excellency Archibald Roan [sic] Esq^r Governor in and over the State of Tennessee the petition of the undersigned On behalf of Peter Bean humbly [co?]presenteth

That the said before named Peter Bean hath [?], at the Honorable [?] [Couch] of [?] continued and held in and for the District of Washington in the State of Tennessee on the [first?] monday of March in the year our our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred and three - been found guilty, by a Jury of his Country, of the crime of petit [sic] larceny on an indictment on that [pursued?] against him - and is now liable to the punishment prescribed by law for such offence

We therefore whose names all hereto Subscribed do think our selves authorised, by the circumstances of the said case of the said Peter Bean, and in consideration of his character, which has been proved to have been good prior to the commission of the offence where with he is now charged and found Guilty - to [Recommend?] him the said Peter Bean to Your Excellency as a proper Object to whom to the benefit of a pardon which you are by the constitution of the state of Tennessee vested with the power of Granting and therefore do [Recommend?] the said Peter Bean to your Excellency as such and pray that Your Excellency may grant such a pardon to him according ly

James Gatbreaith Nathaniel Davis W^m Paine James Foyly

David Kussel James Miller John Johnson Joseph Wilson Jn^o. Adair

Isaac Lane Thomas Stuart Matthew Aiken Hen Harkleroad