[Novemb. [undecipherable]: 178[6]] [from [undecipherable] Nicholson] [Rec'd the 13 Nov.] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Philad^a. Nov^r 7^th 1786 Dear Sir, I hope in another Post or two at farthest to transmit you what you have requested And what I should have done long ago – My exceeding throng of Business Must be My excuse – There is a Certificate for 1500 [undecipherable] N^o 84362 in the Name of James Armstrong applied to be paid into the land Office The [undecipherable] claims it as being the [undecipherable] property of James Armstrong Of [Lee] Legion, her being [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] circumstances Makes me [undecipherable] born and yet the circumstances Make it probable to him could you by next Post drop Me a line who this James Armstrong for whom the above Certificate was made out is? I am &c Sir your Respectfully [signed] W. Nicholson Joseph Howells Jun^r Esq^r. [See over] James Armstrong a Colonel of the North Carolina Line – 60[undecipherable] 300[undecipherable] 7[undecipherable]00 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]00