I am an honest man, seeking employment. I have been at the trade of a ship-carpenter

I am an honest man, seeking employment. I have been at the trade of a ship-carpenter for several years, and have now a desire to become a farmer. I have a little money, and a strong constitution, and I want to become an inhabitant of some of the new countries, where I may become a core of a field of my own. I have heard of your want of men in your fields, and I have come to offer myself.