untill your return — the accounts of [undecipherable] have now had to be in the [undecipherable] of accounts and they say that Broadfields must make an assignment or [undecipherable] a power to M[r] [undecipherable] to settle the debt for him and further [that?] a Certificate from the Commissioner or [Officer?] who [issued?] the two [undecipherable] of M[r] Broadfield setting forth that they were taken for the use of the [Publick?] and [that] he has had no Compensation made to them, will be necessary to support and make good the Claim — I am D^r Cap^t [undecipherable] Your [undecipherable] [undecipherable: signature] Philadelphia Tuesday June 4^th [179–] Dear Sir Altho I am looking out for your annual visit, I do not chuse to trust to the uncertain[ty?] events that accident or sickness may produce. And therefore notwithstanding I wrote you yesterday, In [answer?] I acknowledged the receipt of your letters by M[r] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]. I again write you to day to enclose you a private letter from M[r] [undecipherable] and a copy of M[r] [undecipherable] received this day from the [southward?] — I intended to have told you in my last of the appointment of the [five?] [undecipherable] but