ࡱ> LNK` &bjbj .8 4''')')')')')')'$^(h*M'   M'b'&&& &''& ''&&& dy%A"f&''x'0'&P+&:P+&P+&06&DAM'M'&'    <D< POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM JONES'S HEIRS Janet Taylor & All's to Robert Hyslop Ex'd KNOW ALL MEN by these presents We Mrs. Janet Taylor or Paul eldest Sister German of the Deceased, Mr. John Paul Jones, Citizen of the United States of America sometime Resident at Paris and spouse to William Taylor, Watchmaker in Dumfries, Parish and County of Dumfries, North Britain, with the special advice and consent of the said William Taylor, my Husband, and I, the said William Taylor for myself my own right and interest and as taking burden upon me for my said Spouse and we both with one consent as Administrators in Law of our Son William Taylor of Dumfries aforesaid, who is at present under age by a few months, and I, Miss Janet Taylor of Dumfries aforesaid, Daughter of the said William Taylor and Mrs. Janet Taylor or Paul Spouses AND we all with mutual consent have made, con stituted and ordained and DO by these presents make, constitute and ordain and in our place and stead put and depute Robert Hyslop Esquire, of the City of New York, in the United States of America, Merchant, to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our Name and behalf to call to account and bring to a reckoning & to adjust and settle accounts with the Honorable Robert Morris, Esquire, of Philadelphia, in the said United States of America, who was the only Testamentory Executor of the said Deceased Mr. John Paul Jones named and appointed by his last Will & Settlement dated at Paris the eighteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two years for his intromissions & Management of the Estates real and per sonal, moveable and immoveable of the said Deceased Mr. John Paul Jones in the United States of America or elsewhere, as also with all and sundry other person or persons within the United States of America or elsewhere who is, are or shall be indebted to the Estates, Real or Personal moveable or immoveable of the said Deceased, Mr. John Paul Jones upon any account and by any ways or means whatsoever or howsoever AND also with full power to our said Attorney to demand, levy for recover and re ceive by all lawful ways and means whatsoever of and from the said Robert Morris, Esquire, as Executor aforesaid and of and from every such other person or persons aforesaid and all and every other person or persons whom it doth, shall or may con cern, all and every estate real and personal, moveable or im moveable, land and House rents, Capital stock in the American Funds whole interest thereof, debts, dues, sum and sums of money with the title deeds, securities and mortgages of such lands and houses and vouchers of said stock in the Funds and likewise all and singular such goods, commodities, merchan dizes and effects which have been now, are and which may have become and grow due, owing, payable and belonging to the es tates, Real and personal, moveable or immoveable of the said Deceased Mr. John Paul Jones or by virtue of any such mort gages or securities made to, or in favor of the s'd Deceased, Mr. John Paul Jones or to and in trust for us or either of us as his heirs and Administrators in law or upon any bond, bill, bank cheque book or open accompt of trading, dealing or upon any other accompt and by any other ways or means whatsoever or howsoever in any manner of way & upon rent or recovery of all or any part or parts of the said Estates, Real or Personal, Moveable or Immoveable Land and House Rents Capital stock in the American Funds Interest thereof debts dues sum or sums of money title deeds, securities or Mortgages of such lands and houses Vouchers of said stock goods, commodities, merchandizes & other effects aforesaid or any of their or any part thereof with power to our said Attorney to make, give and grant sufficient Acquittances and discharges for the same for us and in our name from time to time and generally to negotiate, transact, perform and accomplish all other acts, matters & things for us and in our behalf in and about the premises and in about & concerning the Estates, Real and Personal, moveable and immoveable of the s'd deceased Mr. John Paul Jones in the said United States of America or elsewhere as fully and freely to all intents and purposes as we or any of us could have done ourselves jointly or separately if we were personally present declaring always as it is hereby expressly provided and declared that the Acts and Deed of our said Attorney shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as also declaring that our said Attorney shall be accountable as by acceptance hereof he binds and obliges him self to be accountable to us or either of us as often as required for his Intromissions & Management in virtue hereof and shall from time to time remit and pay over to us or our order such balances as may be in his hands after deduction of all debts and other sums property vouched he may have paid on account of the said deceased Mr. John Paul Jones. Also the necessary ex penses of his Management and a suitable remuneration for his trouble and with and under these provisions and conditions we do hereby ratify and confirm all and whatsoever our said At torney shall in our name lawfully do or cause to be done in and concerning the premises during the continuance of this Power of Attorney which shall be removeable by us at pleasure. IN TESTIMONY Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and Seals at Dumfries aforesaid this twentieth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety seven and of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, the thirty seventh year Gannet Taylor (S) by Will'm Taylor (S.) Janet Taylor (S) Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the said Mrs Janet Taylor or Paul William Taylor, Senior Spouses and Miss Janet Taylor their Daughter at Dumfries in the Parish & County of Dumfries, North Britain the twentieth day of February, one thousand seven hundred & ninety seven (being first stamp'd conform to Act of Parliament in presence of Tho's Goldie Commissary of Dumfries, R. Threshie writer in Dumfries. To ALL and Sundry to whose knowledge these presents shall come I, David Staig, Esquire, Provost and Chief Magistrate of the Burgh of Dumfries that part of Great Britain called " Scotland" DO hereby Certify and attest that on the date hereof personally came and appeared before me Thomas Goldie Commissary of Dumfries One of the Witnesses subscribing to the execution of the above Power of Attorney and Robert Threshie writer in Dumfries, the other sub scribing witnesses who made Oath and Deposes severally that they were present this day and saw the above mentioned Mrs Janet Taylor or Paul Willliam Taylor Senior and Miss Janet Taylor severally sign, seal, execute and as their own genuine Act & Deed deliver the power of Attorney above written and that the names Thomas Goldie & Robert Threshie set or subscribed as Witnesses thereto are of the proper hand writings of the said deponents respectively. IN TESTIMONY, Whereof I, the said David Staig and the depo nents have subscribed these presents and I have caused the Common Seal of the said Burgh of Dumfries to be hereunto affixed this twentieth day of February, One thousand seven hun dred & ninety seven years & of his Majestys Reign the thirty seventh. (S.) R. Threshie, Tho's Goldie, David Staig, Provost Fra's Maxwell, Clk. --INROLLED the 25th July, 1797.-- IN TESTIMONY, that the above is a copy of the original "POWER OF ATTORNEY" as recorded in Book, POWER OF AT- TORNEY, numbered 5, Pages 297, 298, 299 and 300, remaining on file in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of said Depart ment to be affixed, at Harrisburg, this third day of January, A. D. 1912. [SEAL] HENRY HOUCK, Secretary of Internal Affairs. From The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones. Volume: 2. 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