We sincerely hope your Excellency will mercifully grant a pardon to young Donnelly in consideration of the lads youth, his previous good conduct, & his devotedness to a widowed and now heart broken Mother. The boy has ever been a kind and loving child. Always mindful of his Mother's wants, and feeling her dependence upon him for a support, he never neglected giving her all of his weekly earnings. After being condemned his only thought was of his Mother. "What will my poor Mother do without me," he constantly repeated. May Mrs Donnelly's

great agony & destitution move your Excellency's compassion and obtain her Son's pardon. She has patiently awaited the time when the Petition could be sent, hopefully believing your Excellency would not refuse a pardon.