Know all men by these presents that I Bushrod Washington of Mount Vernon have constituted & appointed & do by these presents constitute & appoint William Herbert of Alexandria my lawful attorney for me & in my name & for my use to lease my fishery at the Mouth of Dogue Creek for a term not exceeding five years reserving such rent & stipulating such terms as he can agree for hereby ratifying whatever my Said attorney may lawfully do in the premises, As witness my hand & Seal this 25th July 1826