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       he and they shall and may for ever hereafter Quietly and Peacebly have hould Possess
       and Injoy all and Singular the Premises freely and Absolutely Discharged of and
       from all Claims Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever the Rents and Services hereafter
       to grow due to the Lord Proprietary onely excepted and for prized In Testimony whereof
       the said James Smith hath hereunto set his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above
       Written
       Signed Sealed & Delivered   R Barnhouse
       in the Presence of us               John Biscoe                              James Smith   (seal)

       On the Back of the aforegoing Deed was thus Endorsed Viz.t

       May y.e 18.th 1770 Received of the within Named James Smith the within Consideration
       Money P me                                                                                       James Smith
       Test R Barnhouse  John Biscoe

       Maryland fs.t May the 18.th 1770  Then came the within named James Smith befoure us the
       Subscriber ^being^ two of his Lordships Justices for S.t Marys County and acknowledged the
       within Deed to be his Act and Deed for the use of the within Named William
       Loker according to the form of the Act of Assembly in that Case made & Provided
       Acknowledged before us the Day and Year afs.d               R Barnhouse
                                                                                                John Biscoe

       Saint Marys County to wit I hereby Certify that Mess.rs Richard Barnhouse and John
       Biscoe Gentlemen before whom the above Acknowledgement was made and who
       have thereto Subscribed their Names were at the day of the Date thereof & still are
       two of his Lordships Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid and to all Certificates
       given by them as such due Faith and Credit is and ought to be given as well in
       Courts of Justice as thereout In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
                               and Affixed the Publick Seal of the County aforesaid this fifth day of
             L S            June Seventeen Hundred & seventy            Benjamin Young Clk of
4¼ sides   Recorded 18.th June 1770                                        Saint Mary's County Court


X.d
          Know all men by these presents that We Samuel Preston Moore Charles Moore and
       Margaret Morris of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensylvania the aforesaid Samuel
       Preston Moore acting as Attorney for Thomas Lamar and John Scott of England and
       Robert Bissett of Madeira as well as in his own right Have Constituted & Appointed
       and by these presents do constitute and Appoint our Trusty and Loving friend Henry
       Hill of Philadelphia aforesaid to act for us and in our stead as follows Whereas
       we are possess'd of an undivided right to a certain Number of Negroes on a certain
       Plantation in Ann Arundel County in the Province of Maryland commonly known by the
       Name of the Hominy pot Quarter and whereas it is our Desire to give Freedom to all
       the said Negroes there in such manner as not to encumber our Estates hereafter we
       hereby empower him to take such Steps to effect that purpose as he shall Judge
       necessary giving and granting our said Attorney our whole and full Powers Strength and
       Authority to do in and about the Premises in as ample Manner as we could ourselves
       if personally there and one or more Attorneys under him to Constitute and Appoint and
       at Pleasure to revoke hereby ratifying holding and Allowing for firm & Effectual
       whatsoever he or they shall Legally do touching the Premises by Virtue hereof In
       Witness whereof we have ^hereunto^ our hands & Seals this twenty second Day of May in the tenth Year
       of his Majesty's reign Annoque Domini one thousand seven hundred and Seventy
       Sealed & Delivered                                                   Sam.l Preston Moore         (seal)
       in the Presence of us      James Wills                                    Cha.s Moore               (seal)
                                           Thomas Wise                                 Margaret Morris               (seal)


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