The unfortunate person who begs Leave to present you this, is widow to the late John Sistey, who formerly Rode post for many years, when your honnor was post master general. My husband being intirely reduce’d to poverty, recommend me on his Death bed, that if ever your honnor return’d to America, to adress you for what assistence your goodness may please to bestow, being now far advance’d in years and by the Infermity attendent on old age am unable to suport my self without the help of Charity, if your honnor will please to Consider the unhappy Circumstance of the wife of your old servant, it will be thankfully receive’d, by your honnors most humble Servant