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At a Meeting of Dellegates from
different Captains Companies in the
County of Dickson, at the Court house
in the Town of Charlotte on Monday
the 28^th of Febuary 1809. In order
to give in the sense of the people Citizens
composing the different Captains Com=
panies in said County which they
represented, on the question whether it
be or not to be expedient to the petition
the Governor of this State, to Convene the
legislature in order to be taken into Consider=
ation. And provide some means to
alleviate the extreme distress that the
Citizens of this state labor under
with respect to the Execution Law
in consequence of the Embargo: the follow=
ing dellegates came forward duly authorised
and after appointing Sterling Brewer
Chairman & John Read Clerk, proceeded
to give in their returns as follows viz.