Source:Christ Church vestry minutes (PoA June 13, 1759)
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| Power of attorney, June 13, 1759 | |
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| Power of attorney originally written in English June 13, 1759 | |
| Printed sources | Christ Church vestry minutes (vol. 1) |
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- June 13, 1759 - Know all men by these presents that the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts hath made ordained, constituted and appointed and by these presents doth make, ordain, constitute and appoint the Reverend Doctor Robert Jenney, Doctor in Divinity and Minister of the Church of Christ Church in the city of Philadelphia, the Reverend William Smith, Doctor in Divinity and Provost of the College in the said city, Jacob Duché, John Ross, and Evan Morgan Esquire, all of the said City of Philadelphia, on the major part of them to be the said incorporated Society's true and lawful attorneys, jointly for and in the name of the said Society to buy and completely purchase lands in the Province of Pennsylvania in American, which they they said attorneys shall think worth (and for which the said Society doth hereby bind and engage themselves to pray) such sum or sums of money as shall be raised by the sale of three hundred thousand New South Seas Annuity Stock and the annual rents and profits of such lands so purchased shall be and remain to the sole use and behalf of the Ministers of the Church of Christ Church in the City of Philadelphia for this time being, and his successors forever. And the said Incorporated Society do hereby ratify all and confirm all and whatsoever their said attorneys on the major part of them shall lawfully do on cause to be done in and about the premises by virtue of these presents[1]
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- ↑ Christ Church 1760, p. 176.
- Christ Church (1760). Vestry minutes. v. 1, 1717–1760. Philadelphia, Pa. – via Christ Church Historical Collections Online.