[Sylvanus Bourne] Saturday Noon 17 April 1790 Brown returning & not finding (1732) Gen'l Knox within, takes this method to acquaint him that as it appears y[ou are] concerned where the foreign Arrangem[ent] will take [him] in [his] previous [undecipherable] p[ut] for [undecipherable] the coming week [undecipherable] mea[n] to which he [undecipherable] more claim[s] fro[m] the [undecipherable] of Gen'l Knox which wi[ll] probably be [undecipherable] to his pub[lic undecipherable] [undecipherable] it is contained in [undecipherable] in whi[ch] that Gen'l Knox would embrace some early [undecipherable] to communicate [undecipherable] the [post] of his last letter which relates to his [undecipherable] [as] a Candidate for public Agency Abroad which he may be capable of filling with Propriety & to his Country's advantage of his hopes are not ultimately con- fined to the objects of a Consulship Mr Bourn being sensible that Gen'l Knox must be often troubled with similar memorials reluctantly addresses him now the subject, while he is led to flatter himself that motive of friendship as they are combined with a regard to the public interest will [undecipherable: induce] [undecipherable] intercession [undecipherable] [to the end] contained in his present [undecipherable: requisition] in this [undecipherable: instance] Mr B. will forbear presenting [any] explicit [undecipherable] memorial of his own to the President No a. Mr Bouren will take an opportunity before he goes to converse with Gen Knox on M^r Thuckers affairs as he wishes