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Franklin May 9^th 1816

D^r Sir,

Last night there escaped from
the sheriff of this county, a man by the
name of Jesse Clarke, charged with bur
=glary and with horse stealing. Bills of
indictment have been found against
him for both those offences; and there
is but little doubt of his guilt. You
are requested to determine from this
statement, as to the propriety of issuing
a proclamation for his arrest.

He is formerly from South Carolina
and once lived in Bedford county in
this state, where these offences were