GENTLEMEN,

I Recommend for your safe and commodious Passage thither, the Ship belonging to John Sampson, Esq, North Carolina, a Gentleman of Character and Family, who has resided tong in that Province, is acquainted with the Climate and Nature of the Country, can be of Service to you when there; and will use you well during your Passage, in giving good Diet and convenient Room, which is seldom the Case. It being my Desire, and indeed my Interest, that all who go to settle there should have a safe, commodious, and healthful Passage. At your Arrival there it shall be Endeavour to settle you in such Places as you shall chuse, not already possessed by others; and otherwise to countenance you, as your Characters, Ingenuity or Industry shall deserve; for my Intentions are, so long has his Majesty shall intrust me with the Government, under the divine Protection, to promote the Safety, Happiness and Improvement of the Colony, and the Interests of Morality and true Religion, without any Restraint upon those whose Principles are consistent with the Peace and Good of Society. I wish you all Happiness, and am, Gentlemen, your most affectionate Friend and humble Servant,