Bond to Mathew Manfield, 23 March 1840
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Source Note
JS, , and , Bond for property in [], Hancock Co., IL, to Mathew Manfield, 23 Mar. 1840; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; endorsement in unidentified handwriting; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket, endorsement, and archival marking.Note that the six promissory notes associated with this bond have not been located. See also Town Lot Order to Mathew Manfield, 23 Mar. 1840.
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Historical Introduction
See Historical Introductions to Bond to John L. Butler, 1 Nov. 1839; Bond to Elijah Able, 8 Dec. 1839; and Bond to Jane Miller, 6 Mar. 1840.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Jr & of the county of and State of are held and firmly bound unto Mathew Manfield of the county of and State of 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 Jr & have this day sold unto the said Mathew Manfield a certain lot of ground situated, lying and being in the county of and State of , and described on the plat of the Town of as being Lot No. Two in Block No. Thirty Seven and received in payment for said lot Six notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Five hundred and thirty—— dollars, and payable as follows. The first for thirty dollars on demand
The Second for one hundred dollars on the 23rd day of March A. D. 1842
The third for one hundred dollars on the 23rd day of March A D 1844
The fourth for one hundred dollars on the 23rd day of March A D 1846
The fifth for one hundred dollars on the 23rd day of March A D 1848
The sixth for one hundred dollars on the 23rd day of March A D 1850
The interest for each and every note to be paid annually.
Now if the said Mathew Manfield 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 Junr & bind ourselves our— heirs, executors and administrators, to make or cause to be made, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot at the expiration of 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 twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
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