Know all Men by these Presents, That I Thomas Williams late Soldier in the Second Regiment of the Pennsylvania line in the Service of the United States of America, for a valuable and full Consideration to me in Hand paid, at or before the Execution hereof, by Moses Sell the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, Have and by these Presents, Do grant, bargain, sell, release, transfer and assign unto him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns for ever: All the Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim and Demand, which I now have, or which I, my Heirs, Executors or Administrators, may at any Time hereafter have, to all and singular the Lands, Pay, Arrearages of Pay, Clothing, Rations, Rewards, Bounties, Gratuities, Prize-Monies, and other Demands, due and owing to me, from the United States, or from any particular State. And I do hereby for myself, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, covenant and agree to and with the said Moses Sell his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, that I, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, shall and will, at any Time or Times hereafter, at the Request, Cost and Charges of him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, make, seal, execute and deliver, or cause or 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 perfect granting, conveying, releasing, transferring and assigning, all the Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim and Demand, which I now have, or which I, my Heirs, Executors or Administrators, may at any Time hereafter have, of, in and to, all and singular, the Lands and other the Premisses, hereby granted and assigned unto him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns for ever, as by his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised, devised or required. And I do hereby make, constitute and appoint the said Moses Sell my 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 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 me, or detained from me, by any Manner of Way or Means whatsoever; and upon Receipt thereof, to execute and deliver 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 for ever. And also to fell, assign and transfer all Certificates, and Registered or other Stock, now or hereafter Standing, to or in my Name, in the Books of the Treasury of the United States, or of any particular State, for, or in Consequence of my Services as aforesaid, with Power an Attorney or Attornies under him, for the Purposes aforesaid, to make, and substitute, and to do all lawful Acts requisite for effecting the Premisses, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as I myself could do, I being Personally present, and to have done the same, Hereby allowing, ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever, my said Attorney, or his Substitute, or Substitutes shall, or may do, or cause to be done therein by Virtue hereof. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this Ninth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two. SEALED and DELIVERED in the Presence of us Das Enas Brann his Thomas + Williams Mark [seal] BE IT KNOWN, that on the Day of the Date hereof, before The Justices of the justices of the peace for the County of Luzerne Personally came the above named Thomas Williams and acknowledged the above Deed, Poll and Letter of Attorney, to be his Act and Deed. TESTIMONEY whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal, the Ninth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two. John D. Schott [Thomas Williams Moses Sell —]