[Boston 20 June [1789]] [Saml Barrell Esq] [answered the 4 July — vide Copy] [New York] [Address panel (inverted): The Honorble / Major General Knox / Secretary at War &c] Boston 20 June 1789 Dear Sir, I received your polite & Friendly Letter, on learning [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] all [undecipherable], [undecipherable] to trouble you with this, ([undecipherable]) earnestly [undecipherable] the Favour of you to take the most agreeable Moment of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable], to deliver, as [undecipherable] supported by such Information & appearances as your Knowledge & [undecipherable] Disposition to Serve me may suggest: I am Dear Sir, With the highest & most grateful Respect Your most obedient & most Humb. Serv. Samuel Barrell [Copy of Governor Hancock's Letter,] Samuel Barrell [undecipherable] the Governor having communicated to him his Intention to Solicit some Appointment under the General Government [undecipherable] his Support, having always [undecipherable] Shewn by the Operation of the War & [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] invaluable [Property?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] Pleasure to be [undecipherable] instrumental in accomplishing his Wishes. I [undecipherable] do most cordially recommend him to your [Excellency?] [undecipherable] Affairs; while I [undecipherable] your Excellency, that both as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Affairs, he has ever conducted with [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Principles of Honor & [undecipherable], with Reputation to him & the advantage of the public.