92 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



and give up unto the said Fleury Mesplet his sd. Power of Attorney^ 

 have furnished unto him to enable him for the recovery of the sd. 

 claim — and also the said Fleury Mesplet shall not at any time within 

 the space of nine calendar months' aforesaid give any other Power or 

 Permission to any person whatsoever to receive any monies in his 

 name & on his behalf, on pain of all costs charges damages etc. For 

 thus was agreed by and between the said parties, who for the better 

 fulfilling all and every the clauses and conditions herein contained, 

 have fixed their respective domiciles & places of residence to wit, the 

 said John Jacob Astor, & Alexr. Henry at the House of the said Alexr. 

 Henry in Notre-Dame street, & the said Fleury Mesplet at his usual 

 place of abode also in Notre-Dame Street, at which places etc, not- 

 withstanding etc, promissing etc, obliging etc. Thus done and passed 

 at Montreal & Province aforesaid at the office of P. Lukin, one of the 

 subscribing notaries, in the year one thousand seven hundred and 

 ninety-two ,the twenty-ninth day of August in the afternoon & have 

 the said respective parties to wit, John Jacob Astor, Alexr. Henry & 

 Fleury Mesplet signed these presents with us Notary's the same being 

 first duly read & translated. 



(signed) John Jacob Astor 

 " Fleury Mesplet 

 " Alexander Henry 

 " John Willm. Delisle, N.P. 

 (1792) " P. Lukin, N.P. 



And on the twenty-second day of August in the afternoon, in the 

 year one thousand seven hundred & ninety three personnally came 

 and appeared before the underwriten Public notaries, for the Province 

 of Lower Canada residing in the City of Montreal Fleury Mesplet 

 named in the above and aforegoing deed, who voluntarily confessed and 

 declared, to have had and received from the within name John Jacob 

 Astor present and accepting, the Power of Atty. in the sd. aforegoing 

 deed mentioned and also other papers he has furnished him, to en- 

 deavour to obtain his claim upon the Congress, which he could not 

 effectuate & declared the sd. parties that they cancelled the sd. 

 agreement in toto, that the same may be of no effect, whatever as if 

 the same had never been made or concluded upon of which they 

 require of us an act which was at the same time granted them, for thus, 

 etc. 



* Or any papers he may from time to time. 



