having been informed in Philadelphia that there was a College built under your Auspices & patronage in Virginia, I take the liberty of applying to you as a Candidate of Professor of langauges in that institution.

I have in my possession introductory letters to you from Mathy Carey esq Philadelphia with other testimonials of capacity & conduct, but i shall leave it to your better judgement to decide of my qualifications. if you should encourage me to go on to Virginia; i left Philadelphia last April with a private family for North Carolina where i now reside. I was educated in the College of Dublin Ireland, you would oblige me very much as being a stranger & i hope of some merit if you would give me a situation in that or some other literary institution.