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Unknown [Power of attorney agreement]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09017 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 June 1763 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31.1 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies that Lucy Winslow and Hannah Flucker, daughters and heirs of Samuel Waldo, and their husbands Isaac Winslow and Thomas Flucker, appoint Samuel and Francis Waldo, Lucy and Hannah's brothers, as their attorneys. Samuel and Francis are commissioned to sell any lands Lucy and Hannah inherited in the county of Lincoln, in Massachusetts (present-day Maine). Signatures have been clipped.

Waldo, Francis, ca. 1728-1784
Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Waldo, Samuel, ca. 1723-1770
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Winslow, Lucy, 1724-1768
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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