Know all men by these presents, that I Rufus Davenport
of the City County & State of New York, for & in
consideration of my indebtedness to Orloff M. Dorman
of St. Johns County State of Florida, for his services
in attending to the partition of the land known as the
Arredondo grant lying mostly in the County of
Alachua in the State of Florida, and to secure
to him all the Cost which have accrued in the said
partition case & which I am bound to pay, have made
constituted, & appointed, & by these presents do make, constitute,
& appoint the above named Orloff M. Dorman my true
and lawful attorney, for me & in my name, to control,
contract for, Sell & convey, bargain & grant, to such person
or persons as he may advisable, & for such sum or sums, as
he may think best, all my right title, interest, claim, dem
demand, possession & land in & to the said tract or parcel
of land known as the Arredondo grant lying & being
mostly in the County of Alachua & partly in the County
of Marion in said State of Florida and granted to
Fernando M. Arredondo & Son by the Spanish Government
on the twenty second day of December 1817 which interest,
claim, demand, & law consists of five hundred acres in
said grant derived to me by a deed from Nathaniel Wells
late of the said City of New York dated the July 1821
hereby authorizing my said Attorney in my name to make
execute & acknowledge, a deed or deeds of conveyance with
full covenants and full warranty & the same to deliver, of any
portion separately or the whole together of my interest
right, claim, demand & land in said Arredondo grant
and to bargain, sell, dispose of, grant and convey all and
any part of my interest in said grant or tract of
land in such a manner & for such a price or prices as in the
Judgment of my said Attorney, may appear most to my
interest or advantage and hereby authorizing & impowering
my said Attorney one or more attorneys under him
to make & appoint & again at his pleasure to dis
charge giving & granting unto my said attorney my
full and whole power and authority in these premesis |