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Joseph Oliver to Thomas Bowlby giving power of attorney to Bowlby, 31 August 1786
Title
Joseph Oliver to Thomas Bowlby giving power of attorney to Bowlby, 31 August 1786.
Production
[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1786]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Notes
Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Witnessed and co-signed by attorneys William Truelove and A. Vikers, saying proper stamps were provided for the document. This Legal document gives Oliver's power of attorney to Bowlby, an attorney in Philadelphia. Oliver was previously in an artillery unit in Pennsylvania and had left North America and joined an artillery unit based out of Nottingham, England. Oliver was giving Bowlby the complete power to transact his business in America, including the distribution of certain lands for service in North America during the Revolution. Also demands that Bowlby recover debts from a William Rows of Philadelphia that is owed Oliver. Two embossed stamps on recto, one for 1 shilling 6 pence and another for 6 pence. Also an ink stamp on recto that says Half-Penny Sheet. Red wax seal next to Oliver's signature is extent.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Genre/Form
Legal instruments
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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