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 How, 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