Certification of Samuel H. Davidson, 1777 May 10

We the Subscribers hereby certify that the bearer

Samuel H. Davidson

is an inhabitant of Westmoreland County in the State Virginia. That he is a man of good character, and is engaged by his industrious neighbours to collect and tally Cotton cards.

And it is requested that he be allowed to pursue his Calling without let or hindrance, fear or molestation, in the markets of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Massachusetts.

Given under our hand this Tenth Day of May, One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven, at the City of Baltimore in Maryland.

Signed

Richard Henry Lee

Saml Adams

By Edward Cotesworth

Clerk

May 10, 1777.

Countersign Samuel H. Davidson

Stratford, Virginia