[undecipherable] [No [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable].] [FREE] James McHenry Esquire Secretary at War Philadelphia [seal] [undecipherable] You must have understood before this time that the denunciation of me, made by a certain [undecipherable] to yourself, has [had?] its effect, by [procuring?] my removal from the Executive Council, of this State. of course [undecipherable] shortly be at liberty to attend to some other pursuits—And having been informed that Alexander White, one of the Co[mmissioners?] in [undecipherable], ap-pointed under the "Act establishing the temporary and permanent Seat of the government of the United States, has, or will probably resign, I have written to the President, signifying to him, in that event, my desire to be ap-[pointed] his Successor [Referring?] to yourself for [undecipherable]