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Peter S. Du Ponceau, three partly-printed Docs

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Peter S. Du Ponceau, three partly-printed Docs
<B>Peter S. Du Ponceau, three partly-printed Documents Signed twice.</B></I> "<I>JM DuPonceau</B></I>" One page each, 8" x 13", Philadelphia, July 16, 1808 being powers of attorney granted to Philadelphia schoolteacher, John Mackey who also signs each document. The French-born Du Ponceau (1760-1844) came to America at the age of seventeen as the private secretary to Baron von Steuben and acted as his aide-de-camp to 1779. Following the war he became a successful attorney representing the interests of Stephen Girard. Usual folds, some marginal losses and tears, else very good. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)