prepare & move the Pay Office to N. York in conse- quence of which I expect M^r Audubert will go in a few day. I am very Sorry to hear (by M^r Rad) that your stay in Georgia is like to be much longer than was at first expected, the frequent applications of Citizens &c. to Congress for pay require your presence, inclosed is one from John Buchanan with the order of Congress thereon, as I know nothing of the Services of this gentle- man I cannot form any report. Pray finish your business speedily and do not continue in a climate that I am sensible will injure your Constitution al- ready delicate. . . . . Jn. Pierce Esq^r Joseph Howell Jun^r [flourish] Philadelphia March 8. 1785 Dear Sir Inclosed you will receive a Resolve of Con- gress in favor of the late Col. John Lawrence, and agre- able to your Request I have sent you the charges against the Officers of the S^t Carolina Line for pay and sub- sistence rec^d in 1781. I am very sorry M^r Pierce is detained in Georgia as his presence is absolutely necessary here, arising from the number of application to Congress and which are referred to him to report — Geo. Read Esq^r Jo^s Howell Jun^r