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Columbia April 17^th 1816

To His Excellency
Joseph M^cMinn

Sir

We the undersigned members of the
Bar in West Tennessee understanding the Honourable
John Overton to have resigned as Judge of the Court of
Appeals with due deference to your Judgment beg
leave to recommend to your excellency John Haywood
Esqr as a suitable person to fill that important office
and one in whome we believe the people have greater
confidence than any other of our acquaintance who
would accept of the appointment

J Whiteside
Alfred M Harris
George Coatter
P R Booker
David Craighead
Robert L. Cobbs
John White
Joel Casey
Rob^t Mack
Daniel Graham