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Wollombi 19th August 1846

Sir

In acknowledging the receipt of your letter
of the 31st Ulto requesting from me a testimonial
of your character and respectability I have
pleasure in being enabled to state that during
a residence of five or six years in the [deleted: that district] [illegible]
& uniformly observed the improved
state of your farm and your [deleted: intelligence] talent
and respectability placed you with the first of
the settlers of this district.

Unsought for by you I felt it my duty
to express my regret that one of the most respectable
of its inhabitants should have removed to
another district when his serving here might 
have been attended with advantage & his neighbours
as an example [deleted: of] in improved cultivation and
my superior intelligence.

I desire to convey my best wishes for the
prosperity and health of yourself and family