[Colonial America] An Andrew Bradford-Printed Power of Attorney, for a Suit Against William Bladwell, Commander of the Swift, a Man of War Stationed in North Carolina

Partially-Printed Document
Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, June 5, 1742. Single sheet, 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (317 x 197 mm). Partially-printed document, accomplished in manuscript, and signed by mariner Robert Georges of Philadelphia, being a power of attorney granting John Shewbart authority to collect money, etc. from a William Bladwell, commander of the man of war Swift, in North Carolina. Chipped with losses near the upper corner margin, not affecting text, tiny chip to the lower margin, just below the imprint, and a horizontal crease at the center.

Andrew Bradford was the son of William Bradford, the first printer in Pennsylvania. After his father resettled in New York in 1692, Andrew returned to Philadelphia in 1712 and opened his own print shop, likely making him the only printer in the Pennsylvania colony until competition emerged in 1728. Andrew issued the first newspaper in Pennsylvania and the Middle Colonies, the American Weekly Mercury, which began on December 22, 1719.

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[Colonial America] An Andrew Bradford-Printed Power of Attorney, for a Suit Against William Bladwell, Commander of the Swift, a Man of War Stationed in North Carolina

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[Colonial America] An Andrew Bradford-Printed Power of Attorney, for a Suit Against William Bladwell, Commander of the Swift, a Man of War Stationed in North Carolina

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