[XXIV-30 5062] Boston May 23^th 1789 Sir Capt.ⁿ Constant Freeman The Establishment of the Fœderal (301) Government encourages those who have been devo- -ted to the public service from their early youth to look for employment. The business I am now in, though much better than that of many of my fellow officers, Still is far from [undecipherable] — Barely subsist on my pay. A Hope that I shall be better provided for, induces me to solicit your patronage & influence to procure me a Post under the New Government. — My prediliction for the Army leads me to prefer a command to all other employments. But as I suppose it will be some time before there will be any Additional Troops raised; I shold be happy