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Power of AttorneyEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.55Context
Power of Attorney Printed and Sold by Sibell & Mott, 20 Wall St. N. Y.
Know all Men by these Presents, THAT
I, Washington Irving, of Greenburgh, Westchester / County, State of New York,
have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, consti=/tute and appoint Pierre M. Irving, of the city of New York / my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place, and stead to /
Carry on and conduct my pecuniary affairs: to invest / for me and re-invest: to sell and transfer all or any / Bank Stock, Insurance stock, rail-road stock or any other de = / scription of stock whatsoever held by me, or standing in / my name on the books of any Company, and make the ne - / cessary acts of assignment: to receive and give receipts for / all interest and dividends new due, or which shall hereafter / become due on the said stocks, until the sale and transfer / thereof; to received and give receipts for all or any other monies / coming to me from whatever source: also for me and in my name / to draw or endorse any Promissory note or notes, check or checks, / Bill or Bills of Exchange _ and generally to do any thing and / every thing incident to the management of my pecuniary affairs / or which may be requisite in respect of the same
Giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority / to do / and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary / to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes as / I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution / and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney / or his substitute lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal / the second day of November in the year one thousand eight / hundred and forty eight.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Washington Irving [SEAL]
M. H. [Grinell?]
State of New York }
County of } S.S. Be it known, That on the second.__ day /
Of November one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before
Me, John I Irving Notary Public in and for the State
If New-York, duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling in the
[SEAL] City of New York personally came Washington
Irving
And acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his act and
Deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
Affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written
John I Irving
Notary Public
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Washington Irving
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Pierre M Irving
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Power of AttorneyCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionArchive Items Details
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Power of AttorneyDescription
LegalCreator
Washington Irving (1783-1859), Pierre Munro Irving (1802-1876)Date(s) of Creation
Nov 2, 1848Search Terms
Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York City, 20 Wall St. NYC., Sibell & Mott,Other Names and Numbers
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W 141
