[PORT (partially obscured)] [Free] Hon. Henry Knox Esq^r. Secretary at War New York [Endorsement, rotated: Geo. K. [undecipherable] / June 17. 1790] Newport June 17^th 1790 Dear Sir, Your kind favour of the 6^th Inst I have received, & please to accept my warmest thanks for the Communication & kind attention paid to my request. I hope the Choice made by the President, of the Revenue Officers for this District may prove favorable to the General Interest, but I must own that an Alteration might be made in the Surveyor (to say no more) that would have been more acceptable to the people, for there is scarcely a man to be found in this Vicinity he is admired. I Should be happy to know the reason of my being totally neglected; perhaps it might have been from Misrepresentation made to the President, - at any rate it would afford me much Satisfaction to know the Cause. Our Senators will be on their Way (in a few Days) to New York; Mr. Stanton you'll find to be a man highly tinctured with Anti-principles, and filled with the most exalted Notions of the Inviolableness [undecipherable] consequence, - but as he is a man of much Modesty & Condescension, I flatter myself he will as (after spending some time with you) right. Mr. Foster will do all in his power to promote the Interest of the Union, with a proviso that he does not deviate from any of the determined plans of his [undecipherable] favour our present Governor, by whose Influence he obtained his Appointment. This Gentleman possesses a good heart; has genuine National Sentiments, a full sense of [undecipherable], and is a man of [undecipherable] I Shall Esteem myself happy on every Occasion, to Manifest to you Sir, my Gratitude, for the Friendship that you have Shewn me in my late Application, & nothing will give me greater pleasure than to receive your Commands. I am, With the highest Esteem, Dear, Your most ob^t. Serv^t. [undecipherable: probable reading "Hy Sherburne"]