To all to whom these presents shall come greeting: Know ye, that I Henry Lee, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Virtue of the powers in me vested by the tenth Article of the Treaty of Peace existing between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation of Indians have granted and do here[strikethrough: by] by grant unto Joseph Martin Esquire of the County of Henry Permission to pass and repass to and from the Country of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. This Passport to continue and be in force until the first day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety [undecipherable] or sooner revoked. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the 10^th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety one. Henrÿlee