This eight-page circular, addressed to the voters of Knox and Anderson counties, provides a brief history of Gunn’s life with references to his character, as part of his campaign for the Tennessee House of Representatives against General Dunlap and Colonel Tunnel. Gunn wants to work to improve opportunities in East Tennessee by building a road from Knoxville to New Orleans, using federal funds, and he refers to the benefits that came to New York from their canals. He is passionately opposed to the extravagance of East Tennessee College, allowing Dr. Coffin to teach thirty five students when so many others could be educated for less. Gunn closes his essay by assuring the voters that he will have lived in Tennessee for the required three years by the day of the election.