our Season, and as all publick Securities will [in my opinion) in a short time, be of equal value, no [undecipherable] will wish to the owners than a delay in procuring the Certificates which I latter will be yet [undecipherable: gifted?] at least I shall try to procure them — I will there-fore let them rest with the Accountant unless you still wish to have them sent on, which you will please to advise me of — M. White in a Letter to M. Pierce some time since mentioned the Death of some of his Family, but did not inform what [undecipherable], will you please to let me know which of them he has lost? — Agreably to your request of the 9 Inst. I have examined M.^r Steller Wann & I find the Certificate N.^o 2315 [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] Trester, is dated the 6 November 1784 in Interest from 21 July 1780 and [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] dollars the which Letter [is] A. I am Sir &c &c Joseph Howell Jun.^r M.^r Jos Dawson Philadelphia March 14^th 1783. Dear Sir [undecipherable] to inform me if Congress have [undecipherable], if not I shall be at New York and I am determined, [undecipherable] settled one way or the other — I have wrote to Gen Irvine member of that Body write me by the next Post — I am &c Yours &c &c (pro) J. de Laas J Howell Jun.^r