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| Summary: | This document is a letter dated October 9, 1827, from sheriff Thomas White of Blountville, Tennessee to governor Sam Houston. The subject of the letter is a prisoner of the Sullivan County jail, James P. Havron, who had recently escaped from his cell in order to avoid a death sentence by hanging. White asks the governor to issue a reward for his capture, based on a description provided in the letter. |
