1. Gentlemen, I am desirous to become a member of your laudable institution. This desire is dictated, not only by a very particular respect for the members composing the Mount Sion Society, [Winnsboro, S.C.] but from a wish to promote its generous intention. Your votes for my admission, will confer an honor and obligation in, gentlemen, your most humble servant, [space for signature] To the President, Wardens and members of the incorporated Mount Sion Society Collection: Proclamations, Politics, and Commerce: Broadsides from the Colonial Era to the Present at the South Caroliniana Library Institution: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library