TITLE: Power of Attorney - John Crook to John Bowne, John Tilton, Samuel Spicer, and William Richardson
DOCUMENT ID: BFP 2018.1.01-17
DATE: 7 August 1675 (Old Style) / 17 August 1675 (New Style)
John Crook, a merchant and exporter from Newton in the County of Bedford, England, authorizes John Bowne, Samuel Spicer, and John Tilton, planters, and William Richardson, Master of the Ship Mayflower of Kent, to recover money owed to him by Nathaniel Sylvester of Shelter Island in New York. This business dispute regarding a trans-Atlantic shipment of goods intended for Crook’s deceased nephew is described in greater detail in two letters from Crook (see Correspondence of John Bowne, BFP 2018.1.02-12 and BFP 2018.1.02-14).