Grant of Power of Attorney to Christopher Laytourn Document in which Michael Hodgson of Lucas Street, Commercial Road., ship owner, and John Jackson of Nafferton, Yorkshire, farmer, grant power of attorney to Christopher Laybourn, Commander of the Ann 'now in the Port of London' and about to depart to Gibraltar, Algiers and Constantinople. Scope and Content The power of attorney is to enable Laybourn to sell Hodgson and Jackson's right in the Ann (describes ship as 'British built, has one deck and half deck and two masts'; dimensions of ship given). Also: affidavits re the above, including signature of John Thomas Thorpe, Lord Mayor of London. 1821