have the liberty of absence he obtained - it was certainly a mistake not which I do not think any officer had a right to give or any one to accept —— I have wrote to M^r Pierce and informed him of the necessity of your continuing until my return. presenting Compliments to M^r Pierce and tells him I feel receiving an[d] happy that I cannot attend the offices to admit your [undecipherable] M^r Pierce Sam^l M^r G Swan [undecipherable] New York June 24^th 1787 —— Sir I have received yours of the 20^th Inst. informing me that the 4^th July is appointed for the tryal of the person confined for Issuing counterfeit Delegates, on which you request my evidence — I need also a letter from you when the same subject I should be happy to comply with your request. being however unless it impossible for me to be at Philadelphia so soon as the time you mention, it will probably be a month or more before I shall be able to make a step —— Sam^l Bronson M^r [undecipherable] Howell