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SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY. - Printed and Sold by Welch, Harris & Co., Charleston, S.C.
The State of South Carolina. 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I. Charles E Baker
do make, constitute and appoint Henry F. Baker
my TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY for me and in my name to sell, dispose of, to rent, receive rents therefrom, to pay taxes and in every way act for me, and in my name, in regard to the Store, Office & lot attached to 20 & 22 Cumberland St. near Church St Charleston
S.C 

[[image]] two (50) FIFTY CENTS CONVEYANCE United States INTER. REVENUE stamps [[/image]] 
US. Revenue Stamps

with power also, an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts for effecting the Premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that he my said Attorney or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein, by virtue thereof. 

In Witness Whereof, I Have hereunto set my Hand and Seal 
this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN}
THE PRESENCE OF}  signed Charles E. Baker {L.S.}
William B. Heriot 

BE IT KNOWN, That on the 15th day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty five and in the 90th year of the Independence of the United States of America, before me William
B. Heriot a NOTARY PUBLIC, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the State, duly commissioned and sworn, came Charles E Baker above named, and acknowledged the foregoing POWER OF ATTORNEY to be his act and deed.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my seal of Office, at Charleston in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.
William B Heriot
Notary Public

I certify the foregoing to be a true Copy of the Original Power of Attorney acknowledged by Charles E. Baker of Charleston before me on the 15th day of August 1865 
William B. Heriot
Notary Public

Transcription Notes:
image of 50 cent postage stamps has writing over it, possibly a date. **William B HERIOT - 1860 US Census, Charleston, S.C. - listed as a Notary Public.