powers of attorney

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Document from Aaron Burr giving power of attorney to Amelia Lloyd, widow of John Lloyd, Jun., to dispose of land jointly owned by Burr and her deceased husband; witnessed by William Temple Broome.

Printed form completed in manuscript giving John Lloyd, Jun., Queen's Village, Lloyd Neck, power of attorney for Dr. James Lloyd, Boston; witnessed by Theodosia Woolsey and Oliver Smith.

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Document giving Henry Lloyd, Jun., Long Island, Boston Harbor, power of attorney for Henry Lloyd, Queen's Village, Lloyd Neck, to effect the sale of Henry Lloyd's one seventh interest in Long Island, Boston Harbor; witnessed by John Lloyd and Sara Lloyd. Damaged and repaired at fold with loss of several letters.

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Engraved form completed in manuscript giving Henry Lloyd, Queen's Village, Lloyd Neck, power of attorney for Frances Lloyd, London, witnessed by Jos. Willson, David Lyell, and Paschal Nelson.

Excerpts from a June 2, 1697 power of attorney from Thomas Dongan, London, to William Nicoll (continued); note regarding Governor Richard Nicolls appointment of Matthias Nicoll as secretary of the Council and justice of the peace; a note documenting a mention of Peter Tallman, Flushing, in the Dutch records of the state of New York; and an excerpt from a March 8, 1674 [i.e.1675] order directing sheriff William Lawrence and Richard Cornwell to arbitrate a dispute between Roger Townsend and the inhabitants of Westchester following an earlier failed attempt.

Notes documenting mentions of Richard Smith, Nesaquake (now Smithtown), and Thomas Nicoll, New York, in the records of the state of New York; notes summarizing a November 29, 1683 indenture between Winnaquaheagh, sachem of the Connetquot, and William Nicoll, New York, for the sale of land in Suffolk County now part of the town of Islip; an October 15, 1675 deed from Matthias Nicoll to Col.

Notes regarding archaic spellings and the Dongan family in the records of Queens County; with excerpts from a January 2, 1720/1 deed from Job Carr to John Hunt of Newtown for the sale of 182 acres in Oyster Bay; from Carr's December 29, 1720 will leaving his sons Samuel and Caleb land in Rhode Island from his grandfather, Caleb Carr, a governor of Rhode Island; from Carr's December 30, 1720 power of attorney to his wife, Hannah; from George Townsend's February 23, 1722/3 power of attorney to his wife, Roseannah, empowering her to lease or sell any of his property including James, a person ensl

Excerpts from an October 18, 1690 power of attorney of John Spragge, of London, appointing John Jackson, of Hempstead, and three others to act on his behalf; and several notes documenting various people and two property transactions in the Queens County records, 1697-1716.

Bond from Wright Frost to John Chanders, both of Oyster Bay, for £48 14s to be paid within one year; witnessed by Othniel Sands and Aaron Forman; with a September 14, 1721 power of attorney from Chanders authorizing James Alexander to sue Frost for the some.

Copy of an indenture giving power of attorney from Dorothea Gotherson, Egerton, Kent, England, to Governor Francis Lovelace, to take possession of property at Oyster Bay purchased from John Richbell by her late husband Daniel Gotherson and to investigate John Scott's fraudulent land sales to her late husband and to recover whatever possible; witnessed by Thomas Lovelace, Frances Lovelace, and Ralph Whitfield; followed by a copy of the July 11, 1662 deed from Scott and Daniel Gotherson for the sale of 1600 acres in Long Island; witnessed by Thomas Leigh, notary, and Mary Hill; copied by George

This document, which bears the signatures of Napoleon, Emperor of the French, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Foreign Minister, and Hugues-Bernard Maret, Secretary of State, gave authority to François, marquis de Barbé-Marbois, to negotiate a treaty for the sale of the Louisiana Territory with Robert Livingston, United States Minister to France, and James Monroe. The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed six days later, April 30, 1803. The stain on the right is thought to be Madeira wine, used to toast the prospective sale.

Papers, 1774-1868, mainly consisting of correspondence and legal documents relating to Martha Bradstreet's attempts to regain title to land in Utica (N.Y.), which was originally part of the property of General John Bradstreet, the stepfather of Bradstreet's father, Samuel. Title to the land became confused by a poorly drafted deed of sale to Peter Schuyler in 1793, and Martha Bradstreet's claim to the land was further complicated by the terms of the will of her aunt, Elizabeth Livius.