Philad^a Jan^y 18. 1785 I have to acknowledge the Receipt of the Certificates as Numbered in your Letter by M^r Dunscombe as likewise the Margins Post — M^r Milligan has requested a Copy of all the Registers in the Office — and the multiplicity of Businesss occasioned by the Counterfeit Certificates has induced me with the approbation of M^r Milligan to employ M^r Swan late En^s in the American Regiment and M^r Miller as additional Clerks until this Business can be completed — I am greatly obliged to you in sending the Money on to me — for it I am very respectfully I am Yours &c Jos Pierce Esq^r . Jo^s Howell Jun^r --- Sir Elizabeth Town 16 Jan^y 1785 I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 25. of Decemb^r accompanying a part of the Jersey Line from N^o 22. 28 to 25 331 and from 836 to 36. 78 inclusive — and also your Letter of the 6^th Instant with a Copy of the Register of the said Line from N^o 8119 to 7702 inclusive, also a Copy of the Register of Settlements made by individual officers &c of the Jersey Line. Jos Howell Jun^r W^m Livingston