Middlesex to Wit

The Information of Joseph Gardiner< no role >
Clerk to Mr. Alderman Wright of
Abchurch Lane in the City of London
and Robert Grant< no role > Clerk to Mrs.
Giles of Catherine Court Tower Hill
taken before me this 13th. day of
December 1788.

Who being upon Oath say, and for it the said
Joseph Gardener< no role > saith That he hath carefully examined
the Signature of "J. Wright Mayor". to a Letter of
Attorney now produced purporting to be a Letter of Attorney of Patrick
Donnoghue< no role > late a Midshipman on board the Tartar
and which Signature imports it to be the hand
writing of the said Mr. Alderman Wright and is very
sure that the said Signature nor any part thereof
was not wrote by the said Mr. Alderman Wright
And the said Robert Grant< no role > for himself faith that he
hath carefully examined the Signature of Patrick
Donnoghue< no role > to the said Letter of Attorney as well as
the Indorsement of Patrick Donnoghue< no role > on the back
thereof with a Receipt signed by patrick Lyon< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. now
present and now produced and verily believes them
to be the hand [..] writing of the said Patrick
Lyon< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.

Sworn before me this
13th day of Decemr. 1788}
Mr. Bond

Jos Gardiner< no role >

M Grant