Commissioners Office Philadelphia 9^th March 1788 Dear Sir In addition to my former trouble I request your application at the Board of Treasury to examine M^r Stellar Register for a Certificate issued by him N^o 2348 to Percival Hector dated Pennsylvania November 6^th 1784 & let me know the amount — the original is in the hands of a Gentleman in Maryland & it is apprehended a fraud has been committed by altering the Sum from what it was first issued for — I am with Respect Dear Sir Your very Ob^t humble Servant Signed Ja^s Dawson Joseph Howell Esquire New York March 10^th 1788 [P] Sir Lieu^t Hughes having now failed to continue in this City much longer than he had been expected has occasioned an additional expense & which he is unable to discharge without the assistance of a friend — M^r Pierce has obligingly advanced him 144 dollars in Specie for which he has taken M^r Hughes Note & which you will find inclosed — M^r Pierce requests you will retain the Sum from M^r Hughes depreciation