[Archival notice: Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically] [N^o 2105 20] Michael Montgomery to James Humphreys Power of Attorney KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I, Mihael Montgomery [undecipherable: late] a [undecipherable: soldier] in [undecipherable: Major Hazen's] Regiment in the [undecipherable: continental] army have constituted, made, and appointed my truely and loving Friend, James [undecipherable: Humphreys] of the City of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the State of [undecipherable: Pennsylvania] my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my Name and Stead, and for my Use, to ask, demand, recover, and receive all such Sum and Sums of Money, Debts, Rents, Wares, Dues, Accounts, and other Demands whatsoever; also, all other Emoluments that may be due to me from the [undecipherable: United States] or any [undecipherable: particular] State Whatsoever for my [undecipherable: Service] in the [undecipherable: Continental army] aforesaid [undecipherable] in the Regiment above mentioned giving and granting unto my said Attorney, by these Presents, my full Power, Strength, and Authority, in and about the Premises, to have, use, and take all lawful Ways and Means, in my Name, for the Recovery thereof; and, upon the Receipt of any such Debts, Dues, or any other Thing or Things, Acquittances or other Discharges, for me and in my Name to make, seal, and deliver all and every other Act and Acts in the Law whatsoever, necessary to be done and about the Premises, as fully, largely, and amply, to all Intents and Purposes, as I might or could do, if I were personally present. And I do also empower my said Attorney, by these Presents, to make one or more Substitutes under him, for the Purposes above mentioned. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this [undecipherable: twenty seventh] Day of [undecipherable: April] — in the Year of our Lord, one Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety [undecipherable] Sealed and delivered in the Presens of John [undecipherable: Gorman] [undecipherable: Wilhelm Guyol] Michel Montgomery PERSONALLY came and appeared before me, John Jordan one of the aforesaid Judges of the [undecipherable: Court] of Common [undecipherable: Pleas] for Cumberland County the above named [undecipherable: Michael Montgomery] and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his Act and Deed, and desired the same might be recorded as such. WITNESS my Hand and Seal, this [undecipherable: Twenty Seventh] Day of April in the Year of our Lord, one Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety [undecipherable] John Jordan State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County S^s. I do hereby certify that John Jordan Esquire before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of the taking and signing thereof [undecipherable: one] of the aforesaid Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and [undecipherable] certificates by him given as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. Certified under my hand and the public seal of the said County of Cumberland at [undecipherable] the twenty second day of April 1796. [undecipherable: William Lyon Protho...] [two seals]