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Executive Deparment
Nashville Nov. 3rd 1847

Gentlemen of the Senate &
House of Representatives

By the provisions of the law
establishing the Bank of Tennessee, it is made the
duty of the Governor to nominate at each regular
Session of the General Assembly, twelve persons to
serve as Directors for two years. In conformity
with the provisions of the law, I submit the names
of the following persons as such Directors to wit:
Thomas L. Bronsford, William Ledbetter, Louis
Morton, J. W. Hoggett, John Shelby, M.M. [Mouo=
ton?], John [?] John Waters, George G. Allen, Benjamin
R. Howard, C. Conor W^m B. Shepperd, John N Otey R. W. H. Bastion, E. A. White
All of which is respectfully submitted

N. S. Brown