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V

Know all Men by these Presents,

THAT I,  have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint [[strikethrough]] William F. Bascom, General Agent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Army and Navy Claim Agency, [[/strikethrough]] Bv't Maj William Fowler A.A.Genl Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, or his successor in office, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place, and stead, to prosecute my claim to  filed in the  Office at Washington, D.C., under the act of  and also to  hereby revoking all other Powers of Attorney, giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney, or his substitute, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
* And I hereby certify that my former attorney has no claim on me for fees or advances of any kind whatsoever, on account of the claim herewith transferred to the aforesaid attorney, and that I make said transfer for the following reasons: 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the  day of  in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty- 

[SEAL.]  

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of 

State of } ss.
County of } 

BE IT KNOWN, That on the  day of  one thousand eight hundred and sixty-  before me,  in and for the State of  duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling  personally came  above named, to me known, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be  act and deed. and I certify that the words "William F. Bascom General Agent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Army and Navy Claim Agency" were erased and the words "Bv't Maj William Fowler A.A.Genl. Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands" inserted with the foregoing instrument before the signing and acknowledgement thereof. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written. 

NOTE.-This Power of Attorney should be acknowledged before a Clerk of Court, or a Magistrate, whose official character is duly certified by such Clerk, under seal. 

* If the principal has given no former power of atty this claim should be erased.

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