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      pleasure againe to reuoake, And generally all & Euery other Act or Liber B B
      Acts matters & things requisite or necessary to bee done in & about
      the premises the same to doe conclude Exequute accomplish & finnish
      as fully & amply to all intents & purposes in Euery respect as if I my
      selfe were then & there prsonally prnt, & did the same, And whatsoeur
      my sd Attorney or his assignes shall lawfully doe or cause to bee
      done in or about the prmises as aforesd, I the sd Thomas Hall doe
      hereby ratify confirme establish & allow for good firme & effectuall
      firmely by these prnts. In wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett my
      hand this 25th of Octobr Ano Dni 1657
        Signed Sealed & Deliuered   Thomas Hall Seale
         in the prnce of Vs
           Willm White Tho: Obairond.

        Know all men tht Samuel Smith do promise to send to Mt
      Thomas Hall Two good hogsheads of Tob, by the first Returne of
      the Barke Susan from Virginia Wittnes my hand this 6th of October [p. 104]
      1658                              Sam: Smith

      That is to say in Consideraon of money disburst for mee in the
      Manahatance for the fitting of the aforesd Barke
        Testes Sam: Arnold Rich: Smith Junr   Sam: Smith
      To the honble the Gouernor & Councell

        The Pet” of Thomas Hall Humbly Sheweth
        That whereas Samuel Smith att the time of his Decease stood in
      debted Two hogsheads of Tob to yor Petr & noe part thereof satis
      fyed, Yor Petr humbly Craues tht this honble Court passe order for
      Two hundd & fifty pownds of Tob & Cask out of the Debts still due
      to the Estate of the sayd Deceased, And hee shall as in duty bownd
      pray.
        Ordered That the Petr recouer according to his Petn. Robert Slye
      gent” Admistrator of the Estate of Samuel Smith confesseth Judgmt
      to Thomas Hall for Two hundd & fifty pownds of Tob & Cask,
      according to his demand.

        Bee it knowne unto all men by these prnts tht I Jacob Johnson, Jacob John-
      lately belonging to the Barke Susanna of this Prouince of Maryland
      Mariner, haue made constituted authorized & appoynted, & by these 301 Tob.
      prnts doe impower make & constitute, authorize & appoynt my Louing    3&
      ffreind Robt Slye of the Prouince aforesd mercht, to bee my true &
      Lawfull Attorney, ffor mee & in my name to aske demand Leauy
      recouer & Receiue all such Debt and Debts as are to mee belonging,
      eyther wth in the precincts of Virginia or Maryland from any prson
      or prsons whatsoeuer. I doe allso by uertue of these prnts impower
      my sd Attorney to use all Lawfull wayes & meanes in proceeding
      agst any such prson or prsofls as shall eyther refuse, or delay to make