_To his Excellency General Oglethorp._
_Cambuslang, Aug. 18, 1742._ _Honoured Sir_,
I Most heartily thank you for being so kind to my family in _Georgia_, and for espousing my friends cause when I think they were apparently wronged. In a letter, I yesterday laid the case before the honourable trustees, not doubting but they will preserve us from oppression, and from persecution in all its shapes. I think we have only the glory of GOD, and the good of the colony at heart. Prejudices may be raised against us by evil reports and misrepresentations; but your Excellency is more noble than to hearken to insinuations, which are not supported by evident matters of fact. I am sure GOD will bless you for defending the cause of the fatherless, and espousing the cause of injured innocence. My friends, I trust, will at all times readily acknowledge any thing they may either say or do wrong; and, if I know any thing of my own heart, I would not offend any one causelessly and wilfully, for the world. In a few months I hope to see _Georgia_. In the mean while, I beg your Excellency to accept these few lines of thanks from, honoured Sir,
Your Excellency’s most obliged humble servant,