in my absence and is now gone to Philadelphia — I have therefore requested M^r McCarthy to trouble himself with them and deliver the same to you — on receiving them you will be kind enough to inform me by letter or otherwise — I request you to call on M^r Benedict and desire him to come on with his accounts as soon as possible — I am Sir M^r John Wistar J. Howell J^r. New York 8^th May 1786. Sir, Your favor of the 20^th Ulto did not reach me until in five days since — I am ready to issue the Certificate returned from you for stoppages as soon as an order is sent for that purpose — if an opportunity should not offer by some of your friends coming this way, you may draw the order in my favor directed to John Penn Esq^r. [undecipherable] & under cover to [him] & I will forward the Certificate by such conveyance as may offer, which you may please to direct. I am & L^t. Stewart Herbert J. Howell