[General H. Knox Secretary War No 4 [undecipherable] Philadelphia] [A 1597] my dear Harry Boston Sep^r 1. 1792 [apt. [undecipherable] acc[undecipherable]] This will be handed you by Cap^t John Hobby of Portland, who visits Philadelphia for the purpose of adjusting some demands he has against the United States, and I believe he will find it necessary to consult you on the subject, in that case I am sure you will give him every advice & assistance in your power ——— you may remember I sometime since mentioned to you that Cap^t Hobby, was a proper person for one of the Inspectors of the Militia, and that he was desirous of obtaining that appoint- ment in the Province of Maine — if there any appointment in the Militia Bill, to be made by the President of the United States, that may be an object to Cap^t Hobby, I solicit your influence in his behalf. he is a Man of arrangement and well acquainted with detail duty, capable, active, of the first honours and integrity, and in whom the highest con- fidence may be placed —— your rendering him any [undecipherable] will give great pleasure. To your Ob^t Serv^t H. [undecipherable] Gen^t H Knox