J. Milton, Secretary.
The State of Georgia by the grace of God free, Sovereign and Independent
To the Honorable William Pierce, Esquire.
Whereas you, the said William Pierce, are in and by an Ordinance of the General Assembly of our said State Nominated and Appointed a Deputy to represent the same in a Convention of the United States to be assembled at Philadelphia, for the Purposes of devising and discussing such Alterations and farther Provisions as may be necessary to render the Fœderal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Union.
You are therefore hereby Commissioned to proceed on the duties required of you in virtue of the said Ordinance
Witness our trusty and well beloved George Mathews Esquire, our[150] Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief, under his hand and our Great Seal at Augusta this Seventeenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and of our Sovereignty and Independence the Eleventh.[151]
Geo: Mathews (Seal)
By His Honor's Command.
J. Milton. Secy.
[Like commissions for the other delegates.]