To All People to whom these present shall.come John Garzie of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and state of Rhode Island &c. Commander of the private Sloop of war called the General Greene and others Subscribers hereto being officers & privates of and belonging to the same Sloop now Returnd from a crusing Voyage against the Enemies of the united States of America send Greetingー

Know ye that we the Subscribers have made ordained authorized Constituted and Appointed & by these presents do make ordain authorize, constitute and appoint William Arnold of East Greenwich aforsd Gentleman our true and Lawfull Agent & Attorney for us & in our Name and to our Use to Ask demand and Receive our Devidend and Devidends part & parts Share &'Share Pourtion, & proportion of all prizes. prize Goods wares Merchandizes Effects and things whatsoever that shall be Seized captured & into port come or be sent by the sd Private Sloop of war her Captain Officers and People and in Our Name the same to implead prosecute and pursue either in courts of Law or Equity to final Judgment Confiscation and Condemnation and on receipt thereof Acquittances or other sufficient discharges for us and each of us and in our name & Names to make seal and deliver and to do all lawfull Acts & things whatsoever Concerning the premeses as fully in every respect as we ourselves and each of us for himself might or could do if we and each of us were personally present, and an Attorney or Attornies under him for the pu;pose aforsaid to make and the same at his pleasure to Revoke and remove And we & Each of us for himself do hereby promise and Covenant to Ratify allow and Confirm all and whatsoever our said Attorney Shall in our Name lawfully do or Cause to be done, in and About the primeses by Virtue of these presents In Witness whereof we have hereunto Set our hand and Seals the Twenty first day of September Annos Dommini 1776.

Sealed and Deliver'd
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