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To his excellency, William Trousdale
Governor of the State of Tennessee.
The undersigned, members of
the Board of Internal Improvement
of said state, do state and certify
that a subscription of a million &
a half of dollars has been made
to the Nashville and Chattanooga
Rail Road Company, that said sub-
scription is valid and solvent - and
that we have taken satisfactory in-
demnity by mortgage on the whole
stock of said company, and on
forty miles of said road as com-
pleted and put in operation, and
on the fixtures therof, to secure the
state against the payment of Princi-
pal and interest, on the bond pro-
posed to be endorsed for the company-
Which mortgages, we have enclosed
herewith.
In testimony whereof, we have
hereunto set our hand, this 29th
August 1851

(name illegible) Crozier Comp
Wm Ledbetter, Pres.
Bank of Tenn Board of
a Dibrell Treasuser Internal
of Tennessee Improvement