& most humble Servt, The Revd Mt W™ Andrews.

SIR WM. JOHNSON TO REVD. CHARLES INGLIS.

Johnson Hall Jany 27th 1772, Good Sir :

I have been lately favored with your Letter of the 4th Inst on the subject of which I wish it wasin my power to afford you satisfaction, For it would give me pleasure to be the Instrument in procuring suitable relief for a Lady of the Character & merit you describe, and especially one who is Connected with you.

There is such a fund in Ireland as you describe which as I have allways understood was used Chiefly for the support of Ladies whose Husbands or near Connections had served the state, and at the disposal of the Lord Lieutenant; whether Mr" Ellis is within the predicament I have mentioned; or not, I suppose that with proper Interest she might be placed on the List, but really Tam unluckily a most unfit person to make such application, for a residence of above 30 years in America together with the nature of my office which directs my Correspondence to England has deprived me of all my old acquaintances In Ireland who could be of any service, & for many years Limited my Correspondence to my own, family, and as far as Lord Townsend tho' he has been for a short time in America, yet we never served together, neither had I any opportunity of seeing or being known to him, for which reason you know I could not with the least propriety apply to him, or direct the disposition of his bounty at such a distance,--any of the Donegal members might do her business at once, and I have understood that it is thro' such Channell that such favors are dispensed ; If this did not occur to you, perhaps it may be of some use, at least I wish it, for T am really concerned that in this Instance I