to me the hazard of a proper conduct on so important an occasion [undecipherable: signature] [Pierce] [Mr Oford] [Pierce] Gentlemen Richmond July 30^th 1787 A person this day from Charleston, informs me that Capfell who it is said had the money placed in his hands which was left with Mr Alexander our [undecipherable] in Charleston that he has lent all the money to [undecipherable] people, and that he lives at or near Augusta in Georgia. It appears to me very [undecipherable], from the [undecipherable] I had with this man, that he is a [undecipherable] of a considerable [part?] of it which he [undecipherable: procured] from Capfell and has no [means?] to make his [undecipherable] and is to repay him on this [undecipherable: return]. I have paid my attention to find out the persons holding this money before it was too late, and now I [undecipherable] some dread of alarming measures are taken with them that it will altogether be lost. — If Alexander could be found an immediate attachment of him would be the most effectual way to bring the money back; but I hear he is also in Georgia, a place so [undecipherable: lawless] that compulsory measures I fear will not be of consequence.