[Endorsements on outer cover: "Rev. War" | "Philips, John / Col. Willet's Regt. N.Y. Line" | "John Phillips / Power attys"] Know All Men by these Presents, That I John Philips of the County of Washington late a soldier of the Line of New york — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marinus Willet [undecipherable] —— —— of the State of Pennsylvania my true and lawful Attorney, and do substitute him in my Place and Stead, with full Power and Authority to ask, demand, and receive in [strikethrough: his] my own Name, and for [his] Use and Benefit, all the Wages and Arrearages of Cloathing due to me from the Public for my Services in the Regiment aforesaid, and upon receiving a Certificate or Certificates therefor from the Register of the Treasury or other proper Officer, with full Power to transfer said Certificate, and to sign in my Name a full Acquittance of Claim to the Arrearages aforesaid; and do further invest him with ample Authority, a Substitute or Substitutes under him for the aforesaid Purposes to constitute and appoint. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Substitute, or his Substitute or Substitutes shall or may do in Virtue hereof. Witness my Hand and Seal, this fourth — — Day of July — Annoque Domini, 1792. Signed, sealed, and delivered in Presence of John his Scottoway Whitcomb ✚ Philips mark Personally appeared before me, [undecipherable] New York State Personally appeared before me archibald McNeil [undecipherable: Esq. Just.] for the county of Saratoga the above Named John Philips — and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his free act and Deed for the purpose above Mentioned — Dated at Saratoga 4^th Day of July 1792 Arch^d McNeil Ass^t Jus^t [Endorsement on outer cover, upside down: "Never Rec'd / any wages nor / clothing since / [undecipherable] &c think / [undecipherable] with arnold some thing allowed them"] [Endorsement on outer cover, upside down: "alter of atty / John Philips"]