Commiss^rs in Office Jan^y 12^th 1785. Agreeable to your request, I have inclos'd a true discription of two Certificates sign'd by S^r. Pierce Esq^r Commissioner — It appears evidently that the Certificate Number'd 22043 Originally in favour of David Adams has been altered both in name and sum that the author of the Knavery has by some means or other extracted the name of David Adams, and placed therein Henry Dearbourne, in order that the Certificate might pass unsuspected as such, sums were found to appear of Henry Dearbourne's Rank — The other Certificate Number'd 12802 appears clearly to have been altered from the sum of 8⁷⁵ Dollars [undecipherable] Abral Foster P^r Howell Jun^r. Dear Sir Richmond Dec^r 30^th. 1784 I have sent by M^r Dunscomb of New York who goes by the stage five hundred & fifty Certificates, signed by me as Commissioner, Numbered from 22951 to 23500 inclusive, and dated Pennsylvania January the Third 1785, the Margins of which, with the Check Letter I now inclose you, that in case of any accident in the Conveyance, you may be able to describe, and prevent any advantages being taken of them — Jos Howell Jun^r. I am Yours &c Jos Pierce