Not being honour’d with any of Your Excellency’s Letters since the 1st. of July when we dated our last respects to you the Subject of the present will be only on 4 small Continental bills remitted us here by our friend William Foster Esquire of Boston and with our Banker Sir John Lambert return’d us for want of their being endorss’d by R R Livingston Esquire to whose order they are made payable for 18 Dollars each, on observing the same to Mr. Foster he thought proper to lay before your Excellency the reason for it which you will find by the enclosed which he desired us to forward adding further that he being possessed of the other Setts he is Willing to give his guarantee that none of the same shall be presented for payment. It were we Suppose Needless to Offer our own guarantee as an additional Security other than that for our part we shall act therein as may be deem’d necessary. Being With great respect Your Excellency Most Obedient Humble Servants