my hands for you they shall be forwarded. M^r Anderson waited on me a few days since and presented me with a buckle for your honor, for which I paid him 4/6^d and returned the Buckle, he informing me there was an opportunity of sending it among other matters and things of his going to Richmond Yours J. Howell And^w Dunscomb Esq^r Philadelphia 20^th April 1785 Dear George I have only my good wishes to send you by this conveyance, except the compliments of our friend Beatty, from whom I received a letter a few days since pray deliver or send the enclosed and the money if possible from M J — and oblige your Sincerely J. Howell George Reid Esq^r