Virginia, Dec. 14, 1775.
New York, 21 April 1783
This is to certify to whomsoever if may concern, that the Bearer hereof Cato
Hamanday a negro, resorted to the British lines, in consequence
of the Proclamations of Sir William Howe, and Sir Henry Clinton, late
Commanders in Chief in America; and that the said Negro has hereby his
Excellency Sir Guy Carleton's Permission to go to Nova Scotia, or wherever
else he may think proper.
By Order of Brigadier General Birch
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