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until the eighteenth day of August next:- Now know ye that
I the said John Sevier Governor &c; by virtue of the power and
authority in me vested do grant a farther respite and prolongation
of the punishment and execution of the said Samuel Forrester;
And do by these presents respite and prolong the said punishment
and execution of him the said Samuel Forrester until the Twentieth
day of August next, and until between the hours of Twelve in the
forenoon and four in the afternoon of the same day, at which
time towit, on the Twentieth day of August next, between the
hours of twelve in the forenoon and four in the afternoon of the
same day, execution of the Judgment of the Judges of the
Superior Courts of law and equity in and for the said state
of Tennessee, be made and done upon him that said Samuel
Forrester by the Sheriff of Davidson County the same Gallows
and place Assigned and decreed for that purpose for that
purpose by the Judges aforesaid, towit, the public Gallows of
Davidson County -

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and