A similar document is transcribed at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guppyross/ross/ross...

and the entry with commments reads:

A second document which has been handed down in our family is a discharge from the British army following the American War of Independence for Thomas Ross Taylor, a copy of which is shown below:

His Majesty's PROVINCIAL REGIMENT, called the King's Royal Regiment of New-York Second Battalion whereof, Sir John Johnson, Knight and Baronet, is Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant.
THESE are to certify, that the Bearer hereof, Thomas Ross Taylor Private Soldier...in Capt. James McDonell Company, of the aforesaid Regiment, born in the Parish of_______ in the County of Shair of Ross Aged Fifty Eight hath served Three Years; and in consequence of His Majesty's Order for Disbanding the said Regiment, he is hereby discharged, and is intitled, by His Majesty's late order, to the Portion of Land allotted to each Private soldier of His Provincial Corps who wishes to become a settler in this Province. He having first received all just demands of Pay, Cloathing, etc. from his entry into the said Regiment, to the date of his Discharge, as appears by his Receipt on the back hereof,
Given under my Hand and Seal at arms, at Montreal this 24th __Day of June, 1784.
John Johnson
(signature)
I do certify that Thos... served in the above Rgt. from the 19th June 1776 until the 24th June 1784.

Walter Sutherland (signature)
Sgt.,.Rgt New York

On the reverse side of this document is the following certificate:

I Thomas Ross Taylor do acknowledge that I have received all my Cloathing, Arrears of Pay, and all demands whatsoever, from the time of my Inlisting in the Regiment and Company mentioned on the other side, to this present Day of my discharge, as Witness my Hand this 24th day of June______1784.

his
Thomas X Ross
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I feel that I should point out that I heartily approve of such careful transcriptions. Far too often, genealogists will present their own 'interpretations', abstracts or conclusions. With a proper transcription, not only is the record preserved, but the reader is allowed the opprtunity to make their own determinations. For example, one of my Loyalist ancestors acted as a pilot (guide) for a British fleet on the Hudson River, Just once. From this, one family genealogist assumed that Abel's lifetime occupation was that of a ship's pilot. An incorrect conclusion deriving from the researcher's lack of awareness that British forces used locals as guides in moving their forces.

Thomas