shall duly account to us the said A. B. and C. D. and shall thereupon immediately pay or cause to be paid in our joint names, into the hands of Messrs. L. M. & Co. of bankers, all such sum and sums of money which they the said E. F. and G. H. shall receive by virtue of these presents. And in default of such accounts being rendered, or such payments being made, in manner aforesaid, these shall be absolutely void. And we the said A. B. and C. D. do hereby promise to ratify, &c. LETTERS OF ATTORNEY TO SELL ESTATES, &c. To sell a plantation at Barbadoes.-Covenant to confirm such sale. -APPOINT C. and D. of &c. jointly and severally to be my true and lawful attorney and attornies, for me and in my name and on my behalf, to contract and agree for the sale, and to sell and dispose, as they or either of them shall think fit, for my most benefit and advantage, all, every or any the messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of and belonging to me the said A. in the island of Barbadoes aforesaid, with all the houses, buildings, slaves, cattle, coppers, utensils and things thereunto belonging; and upon sale thereof, or any part thereof, to sign, seal and execute all or any such contracts, agreements, conveyances and assurances, and to do and perform all such acts and things for perfecting such sale or sales thereof, or of any part thereof, as shall be requisite and necessary in that behalf; and upon receipt of the monies arising from such sale or sales, to give sufficient releases, acquittances and discharges for the same. I do hereby ratify and confirm all and whatsoever my said attornies jointly, or either of them severally, shall legally do, or procure or cause to be done, in and touching the premises. AND I the said A. for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant and agree, to and with the said C. and D. their heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, That I the said A. my heirs, executors and administrators, shall and will at all times hereafter, upon request, make, do, execute and perform all or any such further acts, deeds or things, for the better perfecting and confirming of any such sale or sales of the said premises, or any part thereof, as aforesaid as shall be reasonably advised, devised, or required. IN WITNESS, &c. AND Power to sell estates, &c. -APPOINT, and in my stead and place put C. D. of -, my true and lawful attorney; for me and in my name and for my use and on my behalf, to sell, either by public auction or private contract, as my attorney shall see best, ALL &c. for the best price or prices that can be had or gotten for the same: and also, for me and in my name, and on my behalf, to enter into any contract or contracts for the same, with any person or persons who shall agree to be the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and generally to do, execute and perform all and every matter and thing which shall be requisite and necessary to be done for the sale of the said &c. and confirming the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if I were personally present and did the same, hereby ratifying, &c. To enter into and take possession of a plantation lately bought, and to manage all affairs therein. -TO enter into and take possession by all lawful ways and means whatsoever of a certain plantation, called by the name of &c. and lying &c. and all other my plantations in &c. aforesaid, with all the houses, buildings, lands, negroes, servants, coppers, utensils and other the appurtenances and things thereunto belonging or appertaining, which I lately bought and purchased of &c. AND for me &c. to demand, levy, &c. from all whom it doth or may concern, ALL such sum or sums of money, goods and things whatsoever as are now due, and which may or shall grow due, payable or belonging to me, by, from or in respect of the said premises, either for rent or otherwise, by any ways or means whatsoever or howsoev er. AND ALSO, to place or displace any of my clerks or servants of and in the said plantation and premises, as he shall see needful, and for my benefit and advantage; AND generally to do, transact, manage and perform all other matters,business, affairs and things whatsoever relating to the said premises, as fully as I myself might or could do were I personally present. And upon receipt thereof, or any part thereof, acquittances or any other sufficient discharges for the same, for me and in my name, to make, seal and deliver, I hereby ratifying, &c. IN WITNESS, &c. LETTERS OF ATTORNEY, &C. RESPECTING MARATIME AFFAIRS. Letter of Attorney to receive the freight of a ship for the use of the receiver and the rest of the part owners. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, A. B. of &c. master of the ship or vessel called the Justina, of the burthen of three hundred tons or thereabouts, HAVE made &c. C. D. of &c. part owner of the said ship, to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name or otherwise, and for my use and the rest of the part owners of the said ship, to demand, levy, &c. by all lawful &c. of and from G. and H. of London, merchants, their executors and administrators, and either and every of them, and all others whom it doth or shall concern, all such sum or sums of money which are now due, owing and payable by and from them or either of them, for freight or otherwise, for or in respect of any goods or merchandises imported in the said ship in her late voyage from the island of Martinique, by virtue of a charter party dated &c. or otherwise howsoever. And upon receipt or recovery of all or any such sum or sums of money, or any part thereof, to give sufficient receipts and discharges for the GIVING, &c. same. From a part owner, to receive dividends of freight. TO DEMAND, LEVY, SUE, &c. of and from all person or persons whom it doth or may concern, all such sum or sums of money, which now are and shall grow due to me, as my dividend for and in respect of my parts of and in the ships Samuel and Jane, and Charming Esther, for freights or otherwise. And upon receipts thereof, &c. To sell the materials and cargo of a ship that was stranded. KNOW ALL MEN, &c. That I, A. B. of &c. sole owner of the ship called the Lion, of the burthen of six hundred tons or thereabouts, whereof C. D. was late master, which was stranded near on the coast of in her late voyage from Leghorn, have made &c. AND &c. do &c. the said I. M. to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, and on my behalf, and to and for my use, to sell and dispose as well of the tackle and other materials belonging to the said ship, as of such part of the cargo on board her which was saved upon her being stranded as aforesaid, at and for the best price that can be got for the same: AND thereupon, if need be, to seal and execute a bill or bills of sale, assignments or other deeds and writings for perfecting and confirming the sale thereof as the law of that country shall require, or that shall in that behalf be requisite and necessary. And upon receipt of the money which the said premises or any part thereof shall be sold for, to give sufficient receipts and discharges for the same. And to do all other matters and things in and about the premises as fully, &c. AND I do hereby ratify, &c. To receive and recover money arising from the cargo of a ship that was stranded. BY THIS PUBLIC INSTRUMENT OF PROCURATION, OR LETTER OF ATTORNEY, Be it known, THAT on this day of in the year of our Lord notary public by royal authority duly admitted and sworn, and in the presence of the witnesses hereunder written, personally came and appeared C. D. of &c. who declared to have made, ordained, constituted and apppointed, and by these presents doth make, ordain, constitute and appoint, E. F. and G. H. of &c. to be his true and lawful attorney and attornies, jointly and separately, giving, and by these presents granting, unto his said attornies, full power and absolute authority, for him the said constituent and in his name, to ask, demand, have, take and receive of and from the commissioners appointed for the care of the cargo shipped and loaded on board the said ship, or whomsoever else it doth, shall or may concern, ALL such sum and sums of money that may have been made by the sale and produce of the several goods shipped by him the said constituent on board the ship called the whereof the par was master, on a voyage to → ticulars of which goods are mentioned in the invoices hereunto annexed, (and which said ship stranded on her Voyage on the day of last.) And for what shall be received by his attornies, or either of them, in the name of the said C. D. either as the consignor of the said goods or as the underwriter or insurer thereof, full and sufficient receipts, acquittances and discharges for the same to give; and upon non-payment thereof, or of any part thereof, for him the said constituent, and in his name, to commence and prosecute any action or actions, suit or suits, in any courts of law or equity; and to use any other lawful or equitable ways and means for the recovery of the same, and every part thereof, GIVING, &c. From part owner to a master of a ship, to fit her out, and let her to freight, and they covenant to indemnify him from seamen's wages. : WE the several part-owners of the ship or vessel called the Justina, of the burthen of 300 tons or thereabouts, whereof R. B. is master, do by these presents order the said R. B. to fit out the said ship for such a voyage to sea as he shall think fit; and we do hereby severally covenant and agree to pay and allow out of the money in the hands and custody of the said R. B. our proportions of the charges of the said ship's outset, according to our parts therein AND WE the said several part-owners DO authorise, order and empower, and by these presents do hereby fully authorise, order and empower, the said R. B. to let the said ship to freight for such a voyage as he shall think fit, for our benefit and advantage; AND we further covenant and agree, to and with the said R. B. each for himself only, and not jointly, nor one for another, that each of us, according to our parts in the said ship, shall and will indemnify and save harmless the said R. B. from all seamen's wages that shall or may grow due for or on account of the said ship, for her intended voyage out and home, and all actions, suits, costs, charges and damages by reason thereof. WITNESS, &c. From part owners to take possession of a ship that was taken by the French, and retaken again, and recover her from their caption in any court, &c. But if they cannot recover her from her caption, then they empower them to purchase her, and covenant to pay their proportions of her, and all charges which they shall be at about her. and TO ALL &c. WE who have hereunto set our hands and seals, late part-owners of the ship or vessel called the Lion, of the burthen of 600 tons or thereabouts, A. B. late master, send greeting. WHEREAS the said ship was on or about the &c. taken by a French privateer, and afterwards retaken by a privateer, belonging to carried and still is retained in that port: NOW KNOW YE, That we the said part-owners do hereby request, order, empower and authorise C. D. and E. F. of &c. jointly and severally, by him or them, his or their agents or substitutes, for us and in our names and on our behalf to demand, make claim, and to use and take all legal ways and means for the recovery, releasing and discharging the said ship with her appurtenances, from the caption as aforesaid, in all or any court or courts or other place or places, and to act, do and perform all matters and things |