[N° 79 12^th June 1794 to Major Gen'l H Knox Sending of [undecipherable]] Head Quarters Greene Ville 12^th June 1794 Sir Permit me to request your attention to the enclosed copies of letters from Cap^t Hamtramck & Cap^t Maxwell Bines. [undecipherable] Hamtramck is most certainly an [undecipherable] [undecipherable] an experienced Officer a sober man & an Excellent disciplinarian. Cap^t Bines is also a sober [undecipherable] [undecipherable] most certainly has a claim to [undecipherable] and from time [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. Probably you will [undecipherable] that Cap^t [undecipherable] has actually [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] before the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] letter announcing [that?] resignation Therefore if he has fraudulently [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] brought to be compell'd to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] charges [undecipherable] [undecipherable] That on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] information to take advantage of his own [undecipherable] Lieut Col Commandant John Clark of New [undecipherable] Sub Legion has resigned on the 8^th Instant which Resignation I have accepted as I did not with[undecipherable] to disgrace him, but in his own [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] spirit has [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] reason having [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has from time to time made to [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] my mind [undecipherable] I have therefore directed that he should [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] of July to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] accounts & to [undecipherable] Fort Washington. That Sub Legion [undecipherable] in need of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Officer at its head[undecipherable] Major [undecipherable] Butler will probably succeed to that Command if [undecipherable] I may [undecipherable] be order him to [undecipherable] the Legion the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have the honor with [undecipherable] and Respect [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] most [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [signature] The Honble Major Gen'l [undecipherable] Knox Secretary of War [Resignation of Col. Clark's [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]