To the Hon'ble the General Committee appointed to act during the Recess of the General Assembly.

May it please your Honors

Having been urged in the most pressing Manner by the Naval Committee to undertake the Building of One of the Frigates ordered to be built in this Town, and having given my Consent thereto from Motives of the publick Interest without any Desire to quit the Service of my Country in that Department in which I at present am Engaged I desire leave to resign my Commission as Major of a Regiment in the Rhode Island Troops and to be discharged: I am Your Honor's [&c.]

Providence Jany 25th 1776