1To George Washington from Nathaniel Booth, 12 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
To his Excellency General Washington After serveing my Country six years in the glorious cause of Liberty, am at length Reduced to the Necessity of Solissiting your Excellencies permission to Retire, a distressed family now calls me from the field. Being almost destitute of any the Necessaries of Life to support them, by Reason of sickness which they have experienced all the last Campaign and...
2To George Washington from Nathaniel Booth, 26 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
After serveing my country six Years, in the glorious cause of Liberty, am at length Reducd, to the Necessity, of celissiting, your Excellencies permission to Retire. the greatest motive I have in doing it, is the Sick distressed situation of my family, which have long Experienced a severe scene of sickness, which has greatly deminished my private interests, so that it Renders them destitute of...