West point, September 13, 1779.
Dr: Sir: I have received Your Letter of the 1st. of August, but it did not come to hand till yesterday. Your situation will not permit me to refuse your request and I have only to regret that any circumstance should exist to deprive the States of the service of so good an Officer. I inclose you your Commission with a certificate of your resignation indorsed which bears the date of your Letter. Wishing you every happiness and a more perfect recovery of your wound, I am, etc. 48
[Note:The draft is in the writing of Robert Hanson Harrison. ]