[Feb^y 16. 1791 To M^r Skinner Esq^r Comm^r of Loans Edenton N^o Carolina] Philadelphia Pay Office 16 Feb^ry 1791 Sir I rec'd your letter of the 20^th & 8^th decem^r Ultimo enclosing duplicate receipts for the bills transmitted in my letter to you of the [undecipherable] for the pay of the N^o Carolina line &. I wish'd to have had the pleasure of acknowledg^g the receipt of your favors have, been punctually before this time, but the increase of business in my office during the Session of the Congress has prevent^d I am &c J Howell M^r Skinner Esq^r Comm^r of Loans Edenton N^o Carolina