William Dunlap sent this three-page letter to the citizens of Roane and Morgan Counties to tell them about his positions during a campaign for state legislator. He thinks they should use the interest from the $400,000 in the new state bank to fund school districts and hire teachers for three months each winter. He supports selling stocks in order to make internal improvements, especially canals. He calls for direct elections for the president and vice president of the United States. He also wants to build a state penitentiary for more merciful and more certain punishment. Dunlap closes by calling on constituents to vote for him and assuring them of his good will however they choose to vote.