Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     197

          Came John Hollida & desired his marke might be entred upon Liber N N
        Record which is as followeth vizt a figure of three in the right eare &
        underkeeled in the left

          Bee itt knowne unto all men by these p'sents That wee Edward
        Bleeke Micaiah Perry & Thomas Lane of London Mrchants have
        made Ordained & in our steads and places have putt & Constituted
        And by these prsents doe make Ordaine & in our steads & places doe
        putt & Constitute our Trusty & welbeloved friend Edward Gunnell
        of Maryland in America Mrchant & in case of his death our true &
        lawfull Attorney & Attorneys giveing unto them full power Authority
        & Speciall Comission for us & in our names & to our use by all
        due & lawfull wayes & meanes whatsoever to call Joseph Sayer of
        Maryland aforesaid Mrchant to Accompt & take Accompt of him &
        Receive out of his hands all & singuler such Sufñe & Sumes of money
        debts Goods Wares Wchandizes Effects & things whatsoever as the
        said Joseph Sayer doth owe unto us or any of us and which he hath
        in his hands custody or possession unto us or any of us belonging
        or in any wise appertaining Also to recover & receive of whatsoever
        other person or persons as of right shall appertaine all such Sume &
        Sumes of money Effects & things whatsoever as shall be found due
        & owing unto us or any of us either by meanes of the said Joseph
        Sayer or otherwise Likewise to receive & dispose of all such Goods
        Wares & Mrchandizes as we or any of us shall from tyme to tyme
        send & Consigne unto our said Attorney or Attorneys & take the
        proceed thereof for our use And of all such Recoveryes and Receipts
        Acquittances or other sufficient discharge for us & in our names to
        make Subscribe Seale & deliver & if need be for the prmises to appeare
        in all Courts and before all Lords Governors Judges & Justices And
        to pursue Implead Seize Sequester Attach Arrest Imprison & to
        Condemne & out of Prison againe when need shall be to deliver
        with ample power to Substitute & generally to doe finish conclude
        Execute & determine all & every other thing & things whatsoever
        which in or about the prmisses shall be needfull & convenient as
        fully & effectually as we ourselves or any of us might or could doe
        if we were personally prsent Holding firme & of Value whatsoever
        shall be lawfully done in the prmisses by vertue of these prsents In
        wittnes whereof we have hereunto putt our hands & Seales Dated in
        London the seaven and Twentieth day of the Month of August p. 126
        Anno Doni 1675. & in the Seaven & Twentieth yeare of the reigne
        of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of
        England Scotland ffrance & Ireland King defendr of the faith &c
                                  Edwa Bleeke   (sealed)
                                  Micaiah Perry (sealed)
                                  Tho: Lane(sealed)