64   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.





              Liber B B  place by these prnts putt our Louing ffreind Mr Robert Slye mercht
                     Maryland Our Lawfull Attorney, ffor us & in our name & to our use
                     to aske Leuy Recouer all & singular such Debts, dues sothe or sothes
                     of money or Tobacco as are or shall bee due or owing unto us the
                     abouesd from the Estate of Samuel Smith Deceased, Gyuing & by
                     these prflts graunting unto Our sd Attorney full power & authority
                     for us & in our names & to our use, to sue, arrest, impleade, condemne
                     any part or parcell of the Estate of Samuel Smith Deceased, & att
                     his Liberty & pleasure uppon the receipt of any sothe or sothes of
                     money or Tobãccoes acquittances or any lawfull discharges for the
                     same for us & in our names to make, Seale, & deliuer as our Deed or
                     Deeds, And one Attorney or more under him to make or substitute
                     & att his ffree will againe to reuoake, And all & Euery thing & things
                     wch shall bee needfull & necessary to bee done in or about the premises,
                     the same to doe as fully & wholly as wee our selues might doe, if wee
                     were prsonally prnt, Holding firme & stable all & whatsoeur our
                     Attorney shall doe or cause to bee done in or about the premises by
                     these prnts as wittnes our hands & Scales this 22th May 1662.
                       Signed Sealed & Deliuered Alex: Bryan     Seale
                        in the prflce of Vs      Richard Bryan Seale
                          Richard Vaidrom        Ben: ffenn Seale
                          John Burwall.          Milles Murwin Seale

                       Know all men by these prnts tht I Samuel Smith of Maryland doe
                     confesse my selfe indebted unto Ensigne Alexander Bryan of Mu
                     fored the sume of Sixty seauen pownds Eleauen shillings to bee
                     payd in Porke & Tobacco att Currant price att Milford att or before
                     the first day of Aprill next ensuing, & for the true prformance of the
                     same, I bind mee my heyres or assignes firmely to pay the sd sume to
                     the Alexandr his heyres or assignes, according to the time & kind
                     of pay, as wittnes my hand this 29th of August 166i
              Testes Mathew Clarke Richard Bryann      Sam: Smith

                     To the honble the Gouernor & Councell

                       The humble Petn of Alexander Bryan Humbly Sheweth

                [p. 101] That wheareas Samuel Smith att the time of his Decease stood
                     indebted to yor Petr sixty seauen pownds Eleauen shillings, & noe
                     part thereof payd, Yor Petr humbly Craues tht this honble Court passe
                     an Order that hee may bee satisfyed Twenty Two hundd & ffifty
                     pownds of Tob & Cask, out of the Debts still due to the Estate of the
                     sd Deceased, towards his Satisfaction of this Debt, and as in duty
                     bownd pray &c:

                       Robert Slye gentn Admistrator to Samuel Smith acknowledgeth
                     Judgmt to the Petr Ensigne Alexander Bryan according to his de
                     mand for Twenty Two hundd & ffifty pownds of Tob & cask

                       This Bill bindeth mee Samuel Smith of Maryland mercht my
                     heyres or assignes to pay or cause to bee payd unto Richard Bryan