This is to certify whome itt may concern, that ye bearer, John Yearsley, ...hath had a desire and inclination to transport himself, wife and children, unto ye Province of Pennsylvania; and he having laid before ye meeting of ffriends at Middlewich, whereof he is a member...ye consent and advice of ye meeting for so great, weighty an undertaking. And finding noe ffriend or ffriends yt do gainsay ye contrary, now knowing nothing but yt hee hath walked humbly wth the Lord...doe give them this our cirtificate....
