Assignment and Power of Attorney
Document 1792Power of attorney for Richard Ennis, late a soldier in the Canadian Regiment commanded by Col. Hazen, to Robert Ross.
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[N. 73048. Hazens.]
Richard Ennis
to
Robert Ross — 3 deed
Issued July 13. 1792
Richard Ennis
Hazens
Nothing can be had
for this [undecipherable]
July [undecipherable] 1799[undecipherable]
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Richard Ennis [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Canadian [Regiment?] Commanded by [Col.?] Moses Hazen
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 [Robert Ross?]
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, Arrearage of Pay, Clothing, Rations, Bounties, [undecipherable], Prize Money, and other demands, due and owing to me, from the United States, or from any particular State. And I do hereby for my-self, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, covenant and agree in and with the said [Robert Ross?]
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 to be made, sealed, executed and delivered, all and every such reasonable [Acts?] and [Acts?], Thing and Things, Conveyances and Confirmations, whatsoever on the [undecipherable] for the further and better confirming, conveying, 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, to all and singular, the Lands and other the Premises, hereby granted and assigned unto him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, as by him or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised, devised or required. And I do hereby make, constitute and appoint the said [undecipherable]
my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, to ask, demand, receive and receipt, [of?] and from the United States, or from any particular State, or from any Person or Persons, [undecipherable], or either of them, all and singular the Lands, Pay, Arrearages of Pay, Clothing, Rations, Bounties, Gratuities, Prize-Money and Demands, due, owing, payable and belonging to me, and in the Name of me, by any Manner of Ways or Means whatsoever, and upon Receipt thereof, to execute and deliver sufficient and regular Receipts, Releases and Acquittances for the same, and to do all acts, matters, Conveyances and Assignments in the Law, to grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm the said Lands, to the Purchaser, or Purchasers thereof, [undecipherable], or their Heirs or Assigns for ever. And also to [undecipherable] and transfer all Certificates, and Registered or other Stock, now or hereafter Standing to [undecipherable] Name.
and also to make, execute and acknowledge all Deeds, or Conveyances of [undecipherable], or of any particular State, for, or in Consequence of Services as aforesaid, with Power [undecipherable] under him, for the Purpose aforesaid, to make, and substitute, and [in?] all lawful [Acts?] requisite for effecting the Premises, as fully and effectually as all Intents and Purposes as I myself could do, being Personally present; and also for the Purpose of further [undecipherable], confirming and [undecipherable] all and whatsoever, my said Attorney, or his Substitute, or Substitutes Shall, or may do, or cause to be done therein to [undecipherable] him binding [undecipherable] unto [undecipherable] my proper Heirs and Executors and Assigns this [undecipherable] Day of [undecipherable] in the Year of our Lord One Thousand [Seven Hundred and Ninety Two?]
SEALED and DELIVERED in the Presence of:
Jonas Bennet
Gotlib [undecipherable] Stewart
Richard Ennis [signature]
BE IT KNOWN, that on the Day of the Date hereof, before us, the Subscriber [a?] Justice of the Peace for the [undecipherable] County of [Pennsylvania?]
Personally came the above named Richard Ennis
and acknowledged the above Deed of [undecipherable] Attorney, to be his [undecipherable] Bill and Deed.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my [Hand?] and affixed my Official Seal, this [undecipherable] Day of [undecipherable]
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety [Two?]
[seal]
John [undecipherable] Scott
Type
Document Signed
Description
Power of attorney for Richard Ennis, late a soldier in the Canadian Regiment commanded by Col. Hazen, to Robert Ross.
Date
05/30/1792
Author
Recipient
Document number
1792053090101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Ennis
Robert Ross
Moses Hazen
Thomas Bennet
John Schott
Canadian Regiment
Notable locations
Canada
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Notable items
lands, pay, arrearages of pay, clothing, rations, rewards, bounties, gratuities, prize-monies, and other demands
power of attorney
letter of attorney

