This Comes with my Most Humble Pettisinor, William Rowbottom Born In the City of London In Green Street Grovener Square; Sir I was Presed in the City of London for to Go to Amereca I was but In a Ship to New York and when I Landed In New I Desarted from the Ship. The Call’d Silebela Comman’d by Capt. Parret: and then took me a Gaine and but me In a Regemen’t Call’d the Queens Rangers and I Desarted from them with my Horse and Regementals; and Came to Boston And Came In a Ship frome Boston to the City of Nant In France: In the Ship Maces Command by Capt: Simeon Sampson 20 Dollrs For the passage: the Capt. Discharge me because I Like to work In Fance by Trade a Shop Joiner I Cannot get Any work at my [Teard?]. From Your Most Humble Pettisorn