New York July 11^th 1797 Dear Sir By your letter to M^r Dyson I presume you shall shortly after the arrival of M^r Swan have the pleasure of seeing you here indeed. It was a principal object with M^r Dyson that it would be a saving to the United States to comply with your request in sending M^r Swan as he can copy the accounts already formed by you and enable you to pay a visit to your family and arrange the business that was to come before you. he observed that M^r Swans salary was no additional expence to the public as he would be able to do the business without you the United States would be beneficially your absence as your present Sidney would cause on your arrival. This induced M^r to comply — I am now settling Colonel Hamois Copy, it is the most complex piece of business I ever yet have taken in hand — I am &c S. Howell J^r Jⁿ Pierce Esq^r