Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 379-100, Edward Brown, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Mass.
[Star stamped above name]
Brown, Edward
NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 379-100
CONTENTS _
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No 370
Edward Brown
Matross
Massachusetts Line
issued 19th Dec. 1807. &
delivered to W H. Moore
of the Treasury Department
on the request of C. Worthington
who lodged the claim.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the 
United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Edward Brown [illegible] of Artillery in the third
Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served the United States Eight years and Three Months and being inlifted [enlisted] for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD QUARTERS the 19th day of July 1783 
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
J Trumbull [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
Adjutant,
[Stamp] THE [illegible] [illegible] OF THE UNITED STATES
THE above Edward Brown
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years faithful Service, 
John [illegible] Capt L Artillery
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HEAD-QUARTERS, June
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
[Written on right side of certificate] Col. Worthington [illegible] 13th Div.[?] 
Not to be [illegible] until Col[?] Worthington shall call[?]