KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, LEONARD [misspelled] MEYERS BEING ENTITLED TO PRIZE MONEY UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE PRIZE PROCEEDINGS, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED JUNE 30, 1864, AS A SEAMAN ON BOARD THE U.S. VESSEL ALABAMA BEING FOR CAPTURES MADE BY SAID VESSEL IN THE YEARS 1861-5, DO HEREBY APPOINT STILLMAN B. ALLEN, OF BOSTON, MASS., MY ATTORNEY, FOR ME AND IN MY NAME, TO DEMAND OF AND RECEIVE FROM THE PROPER OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES THE AMOUNT OF PRIZE MONEY WHICH MAY BE FOUND DUE ME FROM THE UNITED STATES... [signed] LEENDERT MEYER/ WE CERTIFY THAT THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THE FOREGOING POWER OF ATTORNEY IN OUR PRESENCE AT NORFOLK THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1865, IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON NAMED HEREIN... [signed] A.R. LANGTHORNE, COMMANDING U.S.S. ALABAMA | EDWARD A. GIBSON, PAYMASTER, U.S.S. ALABAMA. [On verso: JOHN M. LINBERG, U.S.S. ALABAMA, SEAMAN, PRIZE MONEY. NOT ON FOR "SARAH", NOT ON FOR "NELLY", NOT ON FOR CATALINA, RECD. MCH 13/65/ STILLMAN B. ALLEN, BOSTON, MASS., ATTY FOR CLAIMANT.].
[Boston: 1865]. Broadside, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", docketed on verso. Printed form completed in ink manuscript. Signatures of Leendert Meyer, A.R. Hawthorne and Edward A. Gibson. Old folds [a few short splits at fold edges], light toning, three very small punch holes [no loss]. Very Good. [offered with] KNOW ALL MEN..... More