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A recommendatory Letter from ARTHUR DOBBS, Esq. Governor of North Carolina to all Gentlemen, Artificers, and others, who intend to settle in North Carolina.

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,

ARTHUR DOBBS.

N.B. Said Ship to be in the Lough of Belfast in the latter End of July.

Abstract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. ALEXANDER STEWART, Chaplain to Governor DOBBS, dated at Bathtown, North Carolina, December the 12th, 1754, to his Father Lieutenant Stewart, at Lisburn, Ireland.

We had a charming Passage from Cork Harbour to North Carolina in about five Weeks, in the Elizabeth of Liverpool, Capt. Savers (a most humane Man, and a most excellent brave Sailor) Commander. What I have seen of the Country seems very agreeable, and the People are mighty civil and hospitable.

According to my Promise, this is to let my Friends in and about Lisburn know the Wages, &c. of Trades People in this Country, viz. 

                                                                    l. s. d.

Ship Carpenters with Diet                          0 4 0 per Day

House Carpenters and Joiners                  0 4 0

Waggon or Cartwrights                              0 4 0

Coopers, Mosons and Bricklayers            0 4 0

Taylors and Shoemakers                          0 3 0

Day Labourers                                          0 1 6

But no Trade here comes up to that of a Tanner, for One with 200 l. Stock cannot fail of doubling it every Year.

I am, &c. ALEXANDER STEWART.