Assignment and Power of Attorney
Document 1790Document certifying the service of Jacob Atter and William Dull, late soldiers in the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolutionary War.
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[Letter of Attorney
Wm Dull &
Jacob Alters June 6th 1790
to
Robt Chrise]
[Filed the 2d of January 179[undecipherable]
by John [undecipherable]]
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KNOW all Men by these Presents, that [undecipherable] Jacob Aller [undecipherable] in the Service of the United States of America, for a valuable and full consideration to [undecipherable] in hand paid, at or before the execution hereof, by [undecipherable]
have bargained, sold, released, transferred and assigned unto him, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever, all of the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand, which [undecipherable] may now have, or which [undecipherable] heirs, executors, or administrators, may, at any time hereafter, have to [undecipherable] all and singular the lands, pay arrearages of pay, clothing, rations, rewards, bounties, gratuities, prize-monies and other demands, due and owing to [undecipherable] from the United States, or from any particular State. And [undecipherable] heirs, executors and administrators consent and agree to and with the said [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that [undecipherable] will, at any time, or times hereafter, at the request, cost, and charges of the said [undecipherable] attorneys, administrators and assigns, make [undecipherable] and execute, or cause 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 perfect granting, conveying, releasing, transferring and assigning, all the rights, title, interest, property, claim and demand, which [undecipherable] now have, or which [undecipherable] heirs, executors or administrators, may, at any time hereafter have, of, in and to all and singular, the lands and other, the premises hereof granted and assigned unto him, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns as his or their counsel therein in the law, shall be reasonably advised, devised, or required. And I do hereby make, constitute and appoint the said [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, owing to, from or under their, or either of their Authority, 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 give sufficient and requisite receipts, releases, and acquittances for the same, and by 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 and assigns forever. And also to sell, assign and transfer, all certificates and registered, or other stock, now, or hereafter standing in [undecipherable] name in the books of the treasury of the United States, or of any particular State, for or in consequence of the premises aforesaid, with power of attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purposes aforesaid, to make, and substitute, and do all lawful acts requisite, for effecting the premises as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as [undecipherable] might or could do, by being personally present, and to have done the same, hereby allowing, ratifying and confirming all, and whatsoever the said attorney, or his substitute or substitutes, shall, or may do, or cause to be done therein as herein after. IN WITNESS Whereof [undecipherable] have hereunto set my hand and seal this [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and [undecipherable] in the presence of us [undecipherable]
BE it Known, that on the day of the date hereof, before me [undecipherable] Personally came the above named [undecipherable] and acknowledged, [this] Said and Letter of Attorney, to be [his] Act and Deed. [seal] 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]
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Document certifying the service of Jacob Atter and William Dull, late soldiers in the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolutionary War.
Date
06/06/1790
Author
Recipient
Document number
1790060690001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Jacob Atter
Robert Prise
William Dull
soldiers
Pennsylvania Line
Edward Shippen
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Notable items
Revolutionary War
service
certification
letter of attorney
certificate

