Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.     465

     Doe or cause to be done in the prmisses to be as good & Effectuall Liber JJ
     in law to all Intents & purposes as if I my selfe had Done the same
     in my owne prson In wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand
     & Seale this fourth Day of August Anno Regiu Dni seu Carl Secdd
     nunc Regio Aglie &c Vicesimo primo Annoqe Dom 1669
     Sealed & Delivered       Margrett Freeman (sealed)
       in the prsents of
          Abraham Aley     No: 6th 1669
          John Luffe       The above written letter of Attor
          Thomas Fisher    ney was by the oathes of Thomas
                           Fisher & Abraham Alley wittnesses
                           thereunto in Common forme pued
                           before mee Jno Blomfeild

       Know all men by these prsents tht I Thomas Cooper of the citty
     of Bristol Marriner Administrator of the goods & Chattles wch late
     were of Thomas Freeman late of the sd Citty of Bristol Grcer decd
     haue made constituted Authorized & Appointed & by the prsents in
     my place & steede doe putt John Staynes of the sd Citty of Bristol
     Mercht my true & lawfull Attorney for me & in my name (but to the
     onley & Proper use of Margrett Freeman of the sd citty widdowe
     relict of the sd Thomas Freeman) to aske demaund & receive of &
     from Sampson Waring of the Cliffts in the County of Calvert in the
     Province of Maryland Genj & Wm Hopkins of the river of severne
     in the County of An Arundall in the sd Prouince of Maryland
     Planter all such sume & sumes of Money debtes Dues goods wares
     Merchandizes & Demaunds whatsoeuer as were any way due owe-
     ing or belonging to the sd Thomas Freeman in his life time or WCh
     now are any way due oweing or belonging to me the sd Tho: Cooper
     as Administrator of the sd Tho: Freeman by them the sd Sampson [p. 17]
     Wareing & Wm Hopkins or either of them by any bill bond Espesiality
     book account or otherwise howsoeuer and to sue Arrest implead im-
     prison & prsecute the sd Sampson Wareing & Wm Hopkins & Either
     of them & to use all law full wayes & meanes for the obteyning &
     recouery thereof And upon receipt thereof or any pt thereof Receipts
     Releases & other law full discharges in my name from time to time
     to make seale & deliü and the sd Sampson wareing & Wm Hopkins
     out of prison to release Giveing & by these prsents Graunting unto my
     sd Attorney my good right full power & law full Authority to doe
     Execute pforme & Finish all & whatsoeuer shall be needfull & Neces-
     sary to be done in the pmises Ratifying alloweing & Confirmeing all
     & whatsoeuer my sd Attorney shall lawfully doe or cause to be done
     in the prmisses to be as good & Effectuall in law to all intents & pur-
     poses as if I my selfe had Done the same in my owne prson In Wittnes
     whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale this fifth day of August