Charlestown 15^th Nov^r 1786 Sir Please to Pay M^r Edward Clark all the wages due to me as a Soldier in Cap^t Thomas Prys Company General Pagans Reg^t and you will oblig^e your Humble Servant Joel Reed To John Pierce Esq^r Pay master General of the Army of the United States of America Cheshire S^s Novb^r 15^th 1786 Personally appearing Joel Reed signer to the above written Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary Act and Deed before me John Hubbar [undecipherable] [seal]