[Pages 1 of this document are marked by the repository as illegible: "Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically."] Philad^a March 31^st 1792 [marginalia: Feby 16 [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / 31 [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] I have had the honor to [undecipherable] your letter of the twenty eight instant. While I lament that circumstances prevent an Investigation [undecipherable] my conduct by a Board of Inquiry, I cannot but acquiesce in the Purpose you have assigned [undecipherable] why it cannot take [undecipherable] place; and [undecipherable] to present my thanks for the desire to have [undecipherable] me [undecipherable: even this measure], had it been practicable, which you have been [undecipherable] to [undecipherable: manifest]. In my Letter of the twenty fifth, I [undecipherable] expressly [undecipherable] Intention of retiring from the Army when the Enquiry should be over. — The only Reason I had for [undecipherable: retaining] my Commission until that time was, that [undecipherable: if] any misconduct should [undecipherable] [undecipherable: appear] I might be amenable to a Court Martial, which I [undecipherable] would would have [undecipherable: precluded]. — The House of Representatives, Sir, have directed an Enquiry [undecipherable] into the Causes [undecipherable] [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] our Body — [undecipherable] the same Reason that influenced [undecipherable] when a Court of Inquiry was contemplated, it may [undecipherable: equal force] and [undecipherable: therefore] [undecipherable: proper] that I should still retain my Commission [undecipherable] as the [undecipherable: representation] of the [undecipherable] Army [undecipherable] be requisite that some Person should be at the Head of the Army who is to continue to command it. It is [undecipherable: necessary] that I should inform You explicitly, what [undecipherable] of my [undecipherable: fixed] Resolution to resign; the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] superseding [undecipherable] military [undecipherable] [undecipherable: removal]. [undecipherable] to [undecipherable: assure] that my sole object is [undecipherable] to public Justice, in the usual Way by a Court Martial. — and it appears that, on any [undecipherable: manner] whatsoever the Misfortunes of the last [undecipherable] Campaign can be attributed to me; and it is [undecipherable] I believe the only [undecipherable: tribunal] where military [undecipherable] of misconduct can [undecipherable] and punished; or where an Officers Reputation, [undecipherable] more than life, can be [undecipherable: vindicated]