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Nashville June 7^th 1817

Sir

If it can be consistant [sic] with the
public good I should feel pleased that
you would extend mercy to Mr. Hind
man in whose favor a petition
will be presented - That his life has
been marked with many follies is con
cluded by all his friends- and that im
prudences [illegible] to the fatal [scenes?] for
which he was condemmed is not to be doubt
ed but was thought to be pretty evident
from the testimony and with as the verdict
of the Jury that the [crime?] was not commit
ted with malice purpose - For the act
of manslaughter he has been punished &
I presume the reformation of the culprit
is the [leading design?] of the confinement
If this should be thought the [illegible]