By His Excellency, Brigadier General & Commander-in-Chief Scott Ludwig, DSM, The British Armies in America
To all who see these presents, greetings:
Be advised that, in recognition of his services to the King and the Empire, I have promoted James Bell Corproal of the Nova Scotia Fencibles, 2nd (Canadian) Brigade of the Right Wing (Royal North American Corps) to the rank of Sergeant.
Given under My Hand and Seal at Philadelphia this Seventeenth Day of April 1782 in the Twenty Second Year of Our Majesty's Reign,
Ludwig