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285 Service you shall do as Clerk of the said Office and also that in Making out the Office Fees you will not wittingly or willingly charge other or higher Fees than Limitted by the Act entituled An Act for amending the staple of Tobacco for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs and for Limitation of Officers Fees Affirmed to this 7th May 1761 ½ sides Recorded 8th May 1761 before W.m Steuart x.d To all ^to^ whom these Presents shall come The Honourable Elizabeth Byng of Upper Brooks Street near Grosvenour Square in the County of Middlesex Widow Sole Executrix Named in and by the last Will and Testament of Jonathan Forward late of London Esquire Deceased Sendeth Greeting Whereas the said Jonathan Forward did in his Life time send to Bryan Philpott then and now residing in Maryland a Letter of Attorney or some other Deed or Instrument in Writing Authorizing and Empowering him to settle and adjust all Accounts then depending between him the said Jonathan Forward and William Lux of Maryland or other the Representatives of Darby Lux deceased and for receiving of Divers other Persons Several Sums of Money and Settleing and adjusting accounts with them and for other Matters and purposes therein mentioned which or great part of which as is Apprehended Still remain unreceived unsettled and unadjusted and unperformed And it is also apprehended that by the Death of the said Jonathan Forward the Power or Authority so given to the said Bryan Philpott Determined And Whereas the said Elizabeth Byng having duly proved the Will of the said Jonathan Forward an taken upon herself the Burthen and Execution thereof and the Management of his affairs she hath resolved to Authorize and Empower Jonathan Plowman of Maryland aforesaid Merchant to transact and do for her the matters aforesaid so to be done by the said Bryan Philpott Now Know Ye that for the further better and more certain revokeing (and) |
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