Commiss^rs Office New York 7^th June 1786. Sir, I have received a letter from General Heath informing me that the Certificate N° 26,827 has been presented you for payment of the interest, but rejected on account of the not [undecipherable] with the printed [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Certificates [undecipherable] Treasury — I have examined that number & find the interest to commence from 2 Jan '83 agreeably to the face of the Certificate — As the printed [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] will please to alter the Interest of that Number from 1 Dec to 1 Jan [undecipherable] in the Register I am Sir Your Ob^t Serv^t Jos. [undecipherable] [To the Loan Officer of Massachusetts 7 June 1786] [Nath. Appleton Esq^re]