[176] New York 29^th March 1786. Sir Your several Letters with their enclosures have been received — The Certificate returned from your for accounts unsettled is ready to be delivered to you on your order — As the expense attending a personal application would be as much as the Certificate is worth, you may draw an order on John Pierce Esq^r Payable in my favor, and on my obtaining the Certificate will send it to you as soon as a good conveyance will offer, or deliver it to whom you may please to direct — Any letters to me of a public nature you will please to put under cover to M^r Pierce. I am, D^r Sir, Your Sincerely J. Howell Jun^r Cap^t John Doyle Annapolis Penn^a