This printed document requests that the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee grant a charter to incorporate the Agricultural Society with power to establish an Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. The petitioning group mentions the benefit to the state of having an educated population of farmers, refers to similar schools in Europe, and points out that the state will soon receive proceeds from the sale of federal lands. The petition is signed in type by the eleven members of the group, including John Shelby, Willo: Williams, T. Fanning, O.G. Finley, Thos. J. Munford, F.H. Gordon, Edmund Dillahunty, Wm S. Waterson, Beverly Nelson, Kelly H. Hynes, and Thomas Jenkins.