[A2112 — 134 — 706] my dear Henry Boston May 13. 1789. H—] I wrote you the 9^th Ins^t in answer to yours of the [strikethrough: 3rd] — however at the moment I might have felt considerably chagrined at the disappointment yet I pray you to believe me that I am fully confident, you did every thing, in your power to effect my wishes, and I shall rest perfectly satisfied that at the first opening you will be mindful of me, and bring one into view — I should prefer being in the Revenue than any other line, because I think it more advantageous, & that I am fully competent to the business — possibly there may be an opening for [undecipherable: Gor] Lincoln at some more important office, and by that means bring M^r Lovell into his — a M^r Lovell may be removed to some higher or more lucrative place, in that case it