You will, I am confident, feel emotions of Surprize at the Singularity of this application, if not resentment towards the applicant.—I could hope for a favorable issue, yet am prepared for the reverse.—I will repose myself upon your magnanimity, and wave further unnecessary Prelude.—

I am a young man, of a respectable, tho’ extinct parentage—bred of a profession, which, tho’ it has not, as yet, placed me above obligation, may, with your Kind indulgence, raise me to a State of independence, long viewed by me in the perspective, but placed beyond my shortened grasp—An unremitting industry has, thus far, Kept me above want, which has consoled me onward to that wished-for period, when I Should rise above the low sphere of inaction into which indigence had cast me.—The glad point of time, I believe, has commenced,—an opening is left for me to occupy, which, if not embraced immediately, will be lost to me forever.—

Briefly, then, Sir,—I am learned in a profession, a liberal one, in which I am desirous of embarking on my own footing—opportunity offers but not the means—Therefore, if you would Loan me, I ask you not to give, if you will only loan to me the Sum of 200 pounds, I pledge myself, if there is honor or honesty in human nature, to refund to you the whole Sum, principal and interest, in any reasonable time you shall name.—

Treat not my request lightly, Sir, for, to speak candidly, as the completion of it depends the happiness or misery of many individuals, who, I hope, may have to bless your name throughout the remainder of their happy lives.—

To convince you I am no impostor, (as well as I can) I will give you my name and address—and if you condescend to grant my prayer, you shall have a personal view and Knowledge of your devoted