Peter Briggs Discharge Papers

              By his Excellency ANTHONY WAYNE, Esquire, Major General and Com 
mander in Chief of the Legion of the United States. 
THESE are to certify, that the bearer hereof Peter Briggs a Corporal 
[line] [line] has served in the above said Legion, and 
in Captain William Peters's [line] company for the space of 
Three Years [line] and is for the reason below 
mention ed discharged from the said Legion, he having received his pay, arrears 
of pay, cloathing of all sorts, and all other just demands from the time of his 
enlisting in the said Legion to this day of his discharge, as appears by the follow- 
ing receipt; he is discharged having faithfully served the above term 
of years [line] that being the time for which he engaged. 
[line] 
And to prevent any ill use that may be made of his discharge, by its falling in- 
to the hands of any other person whatsoever, here follows the description of the 
above said Peter Briggs [line] [line] he is 
Aged twenty [line] years, five [line] feet nine 1/2 inches 
high, Muddy complexion, Black hair, dark eyes, born in the 
county of Burks [line] in the state of [illegible] by trade a labourer 
Given under my hand and seal at [line] Greenville 
this Fifteenth [line] day of April [line] 1795 
AntyWayne 
To all whom it may Concern [brackets] 
Civil and Military [brackets] 
[illegible] O.L. Claiborne Lieut 
Sub Legionary Mayor & 
Interpreter P + S at Sub Legion [underlined]