[seal] In this 18. day of October 1796 came before me the [undecipherable] one of the Justices of the peace for the County of New Castle State of Delaware the abovenamen George [undecipherable] and acknowledged the said written power of Attorney to be his free [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] and desired that the same might be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & Witness my hand and Seal the day and year before mentioned Before Jn.^o Lea [undecipherable] appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the county of New Castle in the State of Delaware [undecipherable] one of the subscribing witnesses to the written power of attorney and being [undecipherable] with due [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the within mentioned James [undecipherable] Jonathan [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] from and [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the whole was in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and I do hereby certify that [undecipherable] mentioned [undecipherable] have been [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] years October 20^th 1796 Before Jn.^o Lea State of Delaware } I James Booth, Secretary of the State of Delaware do hereby certify to all whom it may concern, that John Lea Esquire who hath subscribed the here above Certificates is one of the Justices of the peace for the county of New Castle in the said State of Delaware, duly Commissioned and sworn; and that due Credit and Credit ought to be given to such his attestations. In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Secretarys office, at New Castle, the Twentieth day of October A.D. 1796. Jas Booth