[Private] Philadelphia 6^th May 1792 Mo dear Sir I presume General Brooks has accepted & will accept the brigadiers commission offerd him. He had some doubt which you probably removed by the letter I wrote him by the last post. But notwith standing my expectations, it may be otherwise. If therefore he should decline explicitly, of which you may be acquainted by him, I am authorized to offer you by him, I am authorized to offer you that you may succeed him, and if you accept I request that you would hasten to this City with all possible dispatch preferred to go millward. I am with great Gen^l W^m Hull. affect your affectionate humble Servant H Knox [Address leaf:] General William Hull Newton near Boston [strikethrough: H Knox] [Upside down, lower left:] Correspondence with Gen^l Knox 1792