This is to Certify, That the Bearer hereof George Elliga Moore being a Free Negro, has the Commandant's Permission to pass from this Garrison to whatever Place he may think proper.

This is to Certify, to whomsoever it may concern, That the Bearer hereof George Elliga Moore being a Free Negro, has the Commandant's Permission to pass from this Garrison to whatever Place he may think proper. By Order of Brigadier General Birch, Commandant of the City and Garrison of New-York, this eighteenth day of July, Anno Domini, 1783.