Bond to James Henderson, 1 November 1839, Copy
Bond to James Henderson, 1 November 1839, Copy
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JS, , and , Bond for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 1 Nov. 1839; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; two pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket and archival marking.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we Joseph Smith Jun & of the county of — and State of Illinois are held and firmly bound unto of tke county of — and State of Illinois his— heirs and assigns in the sum of one Thousand dollars for the payment of which well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.
NOW THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas, the said Joseph Smith Jun & have this day sold unto the said — a certain lot — of ground situated, lying and being in the county of — and State of Illinois, and described on the plat of the Town of — as being Lot No. Three in Block No. Fifty one— 51— and received in payment for said lot Three notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Five hundred— dollars, and payable as follows, with interest
The first for Fifty dollars payable November 1st 1882 1840
The third second for two hundred and twenty five dollars payable the first of November AD 1845—
The third for two hundred and twenty five dollars payable the first of November AD 1850—
Making in all the above named five hundred dollars—
with interest for each and every note to be paid annually. on the first day of November—
Now if the said his— heirs, executors, or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, the amount of said notes with such interest as may accrue thereon, according to the tenor and effect thereof, when due, we the said Joseph Smith Jun & bind ourselves our— heirs, executors and administrators, to make or cause to be made, to the said his heirs and assigns, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot Twenty Years from the date hereof and then this Bond to become null and void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Given under our hands and seals this First— day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty nine
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TEXT: “L. S.” (an abbreviation of locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) printed inside a printed representation of a seal.
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TEXT: “L. S.” (an abbreviation of locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) printed inside a printed representation of a seal.
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TEXT: “L. S.” (an abbreviation of locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) printed inside a printed representation of a seal.
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