I here take the previlege of asking reliefe from your Benevolent hand hopeing no offence I have a famyly to maintain by hard worke When well but unfortunenately broke my foot which renders me a cripple and not able to maintain my famyly & times being very hard provision and wood being so very dear we are in a state of surfering at the present & being a stranger knowing no one to apply to except you honoured Sir hopeing you will be so good as to show me Some Lennity by your bennevolent Hand—& Consider my surfering Situation—