1To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Holt Richeson, 14 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have this day delivered my Commission to Major James Quarles to get my resignation which I hope your Excellency will not have any Objections too, my reasons are in asking this request is that our money is so depreciated that the little pay I am allowed by Congress will not Surport me, & I have but a very Slender fortune a wife & Seven Small Children, & if I Continue in the Service it must in...