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

G E N T L E M E N,

I Recommend for your safe and commodious Passage thither, the Ship Vaughan belonging to John Sampson, Esq; of North Carolina, a Gentleman of Character and Family, who has resided long 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 my 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 as 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.

Said Ship will be in the Lough of Belfast against the 1st Day of October next, and clear to sail for North Carolina by the 10th of said Month at farthest. Said Mr. Sampson proposes to give each Passenger one Third more Provisions and Water than is usually given in other Ships; being resolved not to take above one hundred Passengers, altho' his Ship can conveniently accommodate two hundred and fifty.

JOHN SAMPSONS.

Dated the 17th of July, 1754.