[Letter of Attorney John Newell May 1. 179[undecipherable] Rob.^t Preist Filed the 2.^d of January 1795. by Jno Schaffer] [endorsements, rotated] [Paid. all John Schaffer a April 24. 1797] KNOW all Men by these Presents, that John Newell late a Soldier in the [undecipherable] [Pennsylvania?] Line in the Second Reg't of [undecipherable] in the service of the United States [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] and full consideration [undecipherable] to in hand paid, at or before the execution hereof, by Robert [undecipherable] the receipt whereof, is hereby acknowledged [undecipherable] and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, release, transfer and assign unto him, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns [undecipherable] the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand, which [undecipherable] now have, or which [undecipherable] heirs, executors, or administrators, may, at any time hereafter, have for or in [undecipherable] pay, arrearages of pay, clothing, rations, rewards, bounties, gratuities, prize-money and other demands [undecipherable] owing to [undecipherable] from the United States, or from any particular State. And [undecipherable] hereby [undecipherable] his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that [undecipherable] shall, and will, at any time, or times hereafter, at the request, cost, and charges of him, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, well and sufficiently make and deliver [undecipherable] and procure to be made, sealed, executed and delivered, all, and every such reasonable act and acts, thing and things, conveyance and conveyances, assurance and assurances in the law, for the better passing, perfecting, releasing, transferring and assigning, all the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand, which [undecipherable] now have, and [undecipherable] heirs, executors, and administrators, may at any time hereafter have, of, in and to all and singular, the lands and other, the premises hereby granted and assigned, and also to [undecipherable] his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever, as by his, or their counsel, learned in the law, shall be reasonably advised [undecipherable] required. And do hereby make, constitute, and appoint [undecipherable] aforesaid [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] true and lawful attorney irrevocably, to ask, demand, recover and receive, of and from the United States, or from any particular State, or from any person, or persons, acting by, from, or under their, or either of their authorities, all and singular the lands, pay, arrearages of pay, clothing, rations, rewards, bounties, gratuities, prize-monies and other demands due, owing, payable and belonging to [undecipherable] or detained from [undecipherable] by any means or ways or means whatsoever, and, upon receipt thereof, to execute and deliver all such and every sufficient releases, and acquittances for the same, and any good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in the law, to grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm the said lands to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his, her, or their heirs, executors, [undecipherable] And also to sell, assign and transfer, all certificates and registered, or other [undecipherable] now, or hereafter, standing in [undecipherable] name, in the books in the treasury of the United States, or of any particular State, for or in consideration [undecipherable] for the purposes aforesaid to make, and substitute, and do all lawful acts requisite, for effecting the premises hereby and [undecipherable] for all and singular the premises, might or could do, by being personally present, and to have done the same, hereby allowing, ratifying and confirming all, and whatsoever [undecipherable] said attorney, or his substitute or substitutes, shall, or may do, or cause to be done through the virtue hereof. IN WITNESS hereof [undecipherable] hereunto set [undecipherable] hand and seal, the [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and [undecipherable] Sealed and Delivered in } the presence of us} [signatures] Be it Known, that on the day of the date hereof, before me Edward [undecipherable: Shippen?] [undecipherable] of the Court of Common [Pleas] for [undecipherable] Personally came the above named John Newell [undecipherable] acknowledged the above Deed, Poll and Letter of Attorney, to be his [undecipherable] Act and Deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal, the [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and [undecipherable] [Seal] [undecipherable]