No I Know all Men by these presents, That I Thomas Bishop Es quire, Commander of his Majestys ship Lively now on the American Station, do hereby Constitute and Appoint Robert Hallowell late of Boston in the County of Suffolk within his Majestys Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England Esquire to be my agent and Attorney in all causes that are or may be instituted respecting any siezures or captures made or to be made by me or wherein I am or may be interested; impowering him my said Attorney to Libel, Prosecute, stipulate Appeal, and do all Acts and things for me and in my name, that may be necessary in & about the Premisses as fully and Effectually, to all intents and purposes as I the said Constituent might or could do if personally present ー and also in my name to Demand, receive and (if need be) sue for any Sum or Sums of money that are or may be due to me respecting the Premisses, and to execute good and sufficient discharges for the same, with Power of Substitution ー Hereby holding valid what my said Attorney may legally do in the Premisses

Witness my hand and Seal on board his Majestys Ship Lively now lying in Nantasket Road this twenty sixth day of March in the Year of our Lord, Christ, one Thousand seven hundred, & seventy sixー

Sign'd Seal'd & deliver'd Th 0 Bishop in Presence ofー

Benj. Hallowell Ed. Winslow [First endorsement] Sundry goods on Board the Schooner Tartar Condemn'd as lawfull Prize to the Captors 4th May 1776 ー Seized by Thomas Bishop, Esqr Commander of his Majestys Ship the Lively

[Second endorsement] Received and Registered this 4th Day of May Anno Domini 1776