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Archibald Roane Governor in and over the state
of Tennessee

To John Boyd Esquire Sheriff of Davidson County, or
the Keeper of the District Jail in Nashville

Whereas His Excellency James Garrard Governor of the state of
Kentucky hath forwarded unto me an affidavit duly authenticated
charging a certain Robert Wiley with felony, and a fugitive from
the Justice of the said state; and hath in due form demanded
him of the Executive of this state, in conformity with the provisions
of an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act
respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the
service of their masters," and I have been satisfactorily informed
that the said Robert Wiley is confined in the District Jail