Power of Attorney
Document 1798Power of attorney
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Know all men by these presents that Joseph Whitton, attorney in Fact for [strikethrough: Griswould] Robert Battersby Isaac Danielson John Cougell Peter Dumas Albert Bloom Samuel Chapman Nehemiah Bragg William Cornelius Altyn Fox and Ebenezer Drake named in the annexed letters of attorney have and do hereby make ordain Con=stitute and appoint William L. Blair of Philadelphia my true and lawfull Substitute and attorney for me and in my name to do Execute and perform all and Singular the Several acts matters and things which in and by the Said annexed letters of attorney [undecipherable] are directed and Empowered to do as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if I might or Could do by being Personsonaly present and to have done the Same hereby Ratifying and Confirming all that my Said Substitute and attorney may do by Virtue hereof in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 23th of September 1796 — Joseph Whitton [Seal]
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
[undecipherable] in the above [undecipherable] of attorney bitweat the eleventh and twelfth lines was done before Signing —
Wm Crawford
Isaac Howell
Be it Known that on the 23d day of September one thousand Seven hundred and ninety Six Came before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia the within Named Joseph Whitton and acknowledged the within Power of attorney to be his act and deed and desired the Same to be Recorded as Such — Isaac Howell
[seal]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Power of attorney
Date
09/23/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798092390001
Page start
1
Note
Retained by War office on suspicion of endorsement of Ebenezer Drake being false.
Notable persons
Joseph Whitton
Ebenezer Drake
Robert Ballersby
William Blair
Nehemiah Bragg
William Cornelius
Samuel Griswould
Peter Dumas
Isaac Danielson
John Cougell
Allyn Fox
attorney
substitute
William Crawford
Isaac Howell
witness
subscriber
judge
Notable locations
Philadelphia
court of common please
Notable items
letter of attorney
certification
seal
power of attorney

