Charlestown 15^th Novem^r 1786 Sir Please to Pay M^r Edward Clark all the wages due to me as a Soldier in Cap^t Thomas Pryes Company Genaral [undecipherable] Reg^t and you will oblige your Humble Servant Joel R.ed To John Pierce Esq Paymaster General of the Army of the United States of America Cheshire Nov^r 15^th 1786 Personally appearing Joel Reed signer to the above within Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary Act and Deed before me John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Nov. 28 1786 Rec^d from John Pierce Army three certificates, issued in favor of Joel Reed viz N^o N X 826 for eighty one & ⁷⁰/90 Dolls one Indentura Nov 4 1783 N^o 37775 for seventy one Dolls on Interest from Jan^y 1 1785 & N^o 38 346 for forty [undecipherable] Dolls on interest from Nov 4 1783 being in full for the arrears due to the? Reed. Edward C Clarke