2 Nov This will be handed to you by a young man M^r Mathew Hopkins, who wishes employment in some of the public offices, he was employed some time by M^r Morris Clerk of [undecipherable] County who approved of his Conduct, and since his death, as one of M^r Morriss Executors, I have had occasion to employ him to complete the Records, which he has executed with fidelity and attention, and if you can give him employment as an under Clerk of office as [undecipherable] you will be satisfied with him. — Somerset County I am &^c H: 29^th 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Winkes[undecipherable]