JOINT STOCK OF THE UNITED STATES.


DEXTER, SAMUEL. 1761-1816. Document Signed ("Saml Dexter Jun"), partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, authorizing John Vaughan of Philadelphia to collect interest on Dexter's behalf, 1 p, folio (320 x 190 mm), Charlestown, MA, April 1, 1793, also signed by Samuel Cooper as Notary, with red wax/white wafer seal, leaf creased horizontally and toned, 1 inch loss at lower margin, some chipping at corners.Samuel Dexter was born in Boston, graduated Harvard, and studied law under Levi Lincoln, Sr. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and in both houses of Congress. John Adams appointed him as US Secretary of War in 1800, after which he also served as Secretary of the Treasury. The present document is a "form of a Power of Attorney to receive Interest" allowing Vaughan to collect monies owed to Dexter from the "Capital and joint Stock of the Bank of the United States."