Letter of Attorney to Philip Schuyler & Henry White from William Duer

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Name/Title

Letter of Attorney to Philip Schuyler & Henry White from William Duer

Entry/Object ID

HHV 007.2

Context

*Original spelling retained throughout work; content appears exactly as written.* [COVER] Letter of Attorney / Wm Duer/to /Philip Schuyler /&Henry White } Esq: [END OF COVER] [PAGE 1] To All to whom these Presents Shall come William Duer now of the City of New York / ButShortly Bound to the kingdom of Great Britain Esquire sends Greeting Know Ye that he / TheSaid William Duer hath made ordained Constituted authorised and appointed and in his Stead /And Place put and by these Presents doth make ordain constitute authorise and appoint and /in his Place & Stead put Philip Schuyler Esquire of the City of Albany and HenryWhite of the said / City of New York Merchant jointly and severally the Attorny and Attorniesof him the Said William / Duer by all Lawful ways and and Means whatsoever To askdemand sue for recover and receive / All Sum and sums of money whatsoever Debts Duesand Demands whatever now Due or hereafter / To Grow Due to him the saidWilliam Duer opon the Continent of America And Also for him the / Said william Duer and in hisname to Enter upon and take Possession of any Lands or Tenements / or Hereditaments orGoods or Chattles whatsoever now belonging or hereafter to Belong to him / The Said WilliamDuer upon the said Continent and Also to receive the rents Issues and Profits thereof / And also to bring any Ejectment or Ejectments or any Other Action or Actions Suit orSuits of what / Nature or kindsoever for him the said William Duer and in his name for Touching or Concerning / The said Premises or any Part thereof and upon receipt of the Said Premisesor any Part thereof For him / The said William Duer in his name and as his Act and ActsDeed and Deeds to sign seal Diliver / and Execute any Release or Releases Discharge orDischarges for touching and Concerning the said / Premises on any Part thereof as shallbe thought advisable by his the said william Duers said Attornies / or Either of them And thesaid William Duer doth Empower his said Attornies or Either of them to / Purchase allThings whatever [inserted: that] shall be thought necessary by them or either of them for Carrying / on and improving all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatever upon the saidContinent of / north america belonging to him the said William Duer And the said William Duerdoth Empower / his said Attornies or either of them for him the said William Duer and in hisname to draw any Bill / or Bills of Exchange upon him the said William Duer for thePurposes Last mentioned and the said / William Duer doth Empower his said Attornies orEither of them to Erect any Building or Buildings / whatsoever upon any Land of him the saidWilliam Duer upon the said Continent as shall be thought / adviseable by his said Attornies oreither of them for the Carrying on and improving such Land And / the Said William DuerDoth empower his said Attornys or either of them to do every act Matter Deed / and thingwhatsoever in and Touching the Premises as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purpo- / sesIn and Touching the Premises as he the said William Duer might or Could do where he Perso- / -nally Present and Did the same And the said William Duer doth empower his saidAttornies [END OF PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] or Either of them from time to time to Appoint any Attorny or Attornies under them or Eitherof them / to act With as full Power and Authority as they or Either of them are or is herebyempowered to act / And also from Time to time to Revoke such Letter or Letters ofSubstitution And also from time / To Time to make any new substitute or Substitutes to act inand Touching the Premises And / Lastly the said William Duer doth hereby ratity and Confirmwhatever his said Attornies or Either / of them or their or either of their Substitute or Substitutesshall Lawfully do or Cause to be done / in and touching the Premises as fully and effectually toall intents and Purposes as if - the said / William Duer was personally Present and Did theSame & In Witness whereof the said - / William Duer hath hereunto set his hand and Seal thisEight Day of September in the Year / of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Eight Wm Duer [Signed on right side with seal] Sealed & Delivered [included in bracket] / in the Presence of / Cha’s Dickinson / John Singleton [END OF PAGE 2]

Collection

Duer Manuscript Collection

Archive Items Details

Title

Letter of Attorney to Philip Schuyler & Henry White from William Duer

Description

Legal document pertaining to tenement contracts

Date(s) of Creation

1768

Search Terms

Townshed Duty, pre-Revolutionary War postmark, power of attorney, attorney, lawyer, New York City, contract, esquire, law, New York, Great Britain, British Colony, North America, Albany, William Duer, Philip Schuyler, Henrietta Duer, Henry White, Charles Dickenson, John Singleton

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H 3001

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D 3001

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Library