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By His Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, governor of the state of New-York, &c. &c. &c. To [blank] greeting. : Pursuant to the authority in me vested, by an act of the legislature, entitled, "An act for raising two regiments for the defence of this stat
"Given at Poughkeepsie- this [blank] day of [blank] 1781. By His Excellency's command- [blank]". New-York Historical copy has manuscript notes: "Copy of Warrant to enlist Men on bounties of unappropriated lands" and "No. 1"; ink stamp: "Tomlinson Collection--Deposited by Mercantile Library Association".
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