[BOSTON postal mark 28/IV] General Henrey Knox at the War office New yourk [right margin, rotated: for Copy / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / Col. Andrew Gardner / Boston 28 [undecipherable] 1789] Boston. 20. July 1789 D^r Sir! I mak Bold to Send you these few Lines Hoping you Will not take a miss. I am Just arrived from the West Indies and I understand that Congress is taking in to there hands all the Lite Houses and it is full time for there. Honor to a Down bless Cape there [undecipherable: Canibana] Badey So liter for that Promis as a matter of a whipe that have the hand of there and Many other now I remember D^r Sir I [undecipherable] in years and find the Sea very On [undecipherable] forme at this time of life. [undecipherable] do have [undecipherable] if it is in your hour to get me a birth as a Store [undecipherable: Cafer] or to [undecipherable] the Lite hous or any other thing that I old [undecipherable] for my [undecipherable: family] I hope the [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable: Nevehards] fore year before the Ware Wave over to the Satisfaction of the Gent men that was over Me and had the care of all the militerey Stores long after the [undecipherable: Borden] [undecipherable: Brokeep] which I delivered [undecipherable: Comavarey] Gen. [undecipherable: Podgerton] [undecipherable] He told When he was here. When I went to New york and Settled my acit dith [undecipherable] lakes I got [undecipherable] my pay a [undecipherable: final] Settlement of Living hundred dol[undecipherable] which did Not Set for more than fore shillings on the pound that [undecipherable] the loss of my House and most of my furniture in the [undecipherable: Grate] fire D^r Sir then he [undecipherable] me Very much So that if you Could help Me to a birth You would [undecipherable: greatly oblige] Your Most Om^tl Sar^t Andrew Gardner