Philadelphia 22 Nov 1793. My dear Sir General Stewart declines accepting the appointment of Inspector for the post of Philadelphia and would have done the same with the Naval Office had it been offered to him. He says that he made the application at the instance of his father in Law, who is now convinced that the acceptance of the office would injure his commercial pursuits. I enclose you a letter from the Governor of Maryland, enclosing the copy of a deposition relatively to the capture of the brigs Cunningham and Pilgrim I am my dear Sir respectfully your humble Servant H Knox M^r. Jefferson [Endorsement on verso: Knox for [undecipherable] Mitte No. 22, 93 / no 3, No. 22]