Know all men by these presents, that wee William, Duke of Hamilton, and Ann, Dutchess of Hamilton, and James, Earle of Aran, Son and Heir to the said William and ANN, and Grand-Child to James, Marquess of Hamilton, all of the Kingdome of Scotland, have and hereby do jointly and severally constitute and appoint Edward Randolph of Boston, New England, Esqr, our lawfull Attorney for uss, and in our names and use to ask, and demand and sue for all Lands and Islands, Houses and tenements lying and being in the Colony and Plantation of New England ; with full power to sue for and recover all Right, Title and Interest that wee or any of uss have, or may have to the said Lands, Islands, Houses and tenements. And wee do further impower our said Attorney to act in, and manage all matters relating to the recovery and quiet enjoyment of the said Lands and premises. And wee do further impower our said Attorney to make and constitute one or more Attorney or Attorneys, and at pleasure to revoake any or all of them; giving and granting to our said Attorney, and his substitute or substitutes, full power and authority, to do and conclude all other acts and things needfull to be don, in and about the Premises, in as full and as ample manner as if we, or any of us were personally present, ratifieing and confirming all and whatsoever our said Attorney shall doe of cause to be don in and about the premises, by vertue of these presents. In witness whereof, we the said William, Ann and James, have hereunto sett our hands and Seals, at Hamilton, in Scotland, the six-teen, and London the 30, days of July, 1683.

HAMILTON,

HAMILTON,

ARAN.

In the presence of

JA. HAMILTON,
DA. CRAUFORD,
Witnesses to the Duke and Dutchess Signing. And in presence of

ROBERT MELDVINN,
WILLIAM HAMILTON,

Witnesses to the Earle of Aran, Signing and Sealing.