File C/140. - From John James,

Writer went to Rayader; it has rained for 2 or 3 days and frozen prodigious hard; John Hughes of Llanwan's horse fell down on the Forrest by com[in]g home from market and he broke his leg; Hope was out surveying land, but Mr Edwards promised to give writer an account of the number of housese in the boro[ugh] of Rayader; Mr Evans would not take anything for the copies; he hinted to writer that if Mr E[dward] L[ewis] did not get his point it would be a void election; recipient's father flung a g[rea]t many stamps away by entering many burgesses that were dead and gone away; all the burgesses that have been sworn since 1768 are stamped; Mr Rich[ar]d Price could get the number of houses in Kevenlleece and Knucklass; recipient's horse has taken possession of the lattermath; writer told recipient's uncle w[ha]t Younge had told him relative to the election; the lease will be sent by the carrier; his uncle is in high spirits about recipient's election; writer is sure that he will be member during life if he will be the sitting member for the next 7 years. [Address mutilated.].