To all persons to whom these presents shall come ... greeting : Know ye that I [blank] ... have made ... and appointed, and by these presents do make ... Mr. Peter Mills of Montreal ... my true and lawful attorney ... [A.D.], Montreal, September, 1799.
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MSS L1986.86
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Title
To all persons to whom these presents shall come ... greeting : Know ye that I [blank] ... have made ... and appointed, and by these presents do make ... Mr. Peter Mills of Montreal ... my true and lawful attorney ... [A.D.], Montreal, September, 1799.
Variant Title
Power of attorney
Published
Montreal 1799
Description
[2] p. ; 31 cm.(fol.)
Call Number
MSS L1986.86
Note
In an unidentified hand; unsigned
On behalf of an unidentified person, possibly François Cazeau, a fur merchant living in Canada who was sympathetic toward the colonists' cause and supplied the American troops and "on occasion provided shelter for rebel officers." -- Dict. of Canadian biography, V, p. 173
Other possible Canadian clients include James Bell and Isaac Sawyer. For Bell, who initially supported Benedict Arnold and the invaders but then offered his services to the king, see D.C.B., V, pp. 63-64, which mentions his own efforts to seek recompense from the king, but not from Congress. His widow, however, unsuccessfully "endeavoured to obtain payment ... of the debt.
Apparently a draft of a document appointing "Peter Mills of Montreal ... my true and lawful attorney ... for the special purpose ... to petition the Congress of the United States of America ... for compensation for the advances made by me to the armies of the United States aforesaid whilst they were in the Province of Canada in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six ...."
For further details of Cazeau's contributions, see: Report to the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ...1858 (355.45 U58 1858 Mar. 4 <vault>. This document, however, makes no mention of Peter Mills having been assigned the power of attorney.
For Bell's and Sawyer's claims, see L1999F446 1802, Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying his reports on the petitions of James bell by Peter Mills his attorney and of Isaac Sawyer and others ... 1802.
On behalf of an unidentified person, possibly François Cazeau, a fur merchant living in Canada who was sympathetic toward the colonists' cause and supplied the American troops and "on occasion provided shelter for rebel officers." -- Dict. of Canadian biography, V, p. 173
Other possible Canadian clients include James Bell and Isaac Sawyer. For Bell, who initially supported Benedict Arnold and the invaders but then offered his services to the king, see D.C.B., V, pp. 63-64, which mentions his own efforts to seek recompense from the king, but not from Congress. His widow, however, unsuccessfully "endeavoured to obtain payment ... of the debt.
Apparently a draft of a document appointing "Peter Mills of Montreal ... my true and lawful attorney ... for the special purpose ... to petition the Congress of the United States of America ... for compensation for the advances made by me to the armies of the United States aforesaid whilst they were in the Province of Canada in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six ...."
For further details of Cazeau's contributions, see: Report to the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ...1858 (355.45 U58 1858 Mar. 4 <vault>. This document, however, makes no mention of Peter Mills having been assigned the power of attorney.
For Bell's and Sawyer's claims, see L1999F446 1802, Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying his reports on the petitions of James bell by Peter Mills his attorney and of Isaac Sawyer and others ... 1802.
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