To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting:—

Whereas Thomas Underwood, , Asa Spencer & Samuel Hufty, did, on the 16th day of April A.D. 1839, before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of in the State of recover judgment against , Joel Mc.Wythy [McWithey], Joseph Smith Junr., , , , , , , , Chauncey G. Webb and , defendants, in a certain action of , before that time brought by the said Underwood, , Spencer & Hufty, plaintiffs against said defendants, & then tried in said Court, for the sum of One thousand six hundred & forty one dollars & sixty three cents damages, and twenty dollars and ninety two cents costs of suit, as appears of record in said Court:—

And whereas, afterwards, to wit: on the 29th day of April A.D. 1839, a writ of issued, out of said Court, on said judgment, directed to the of said , commanding him that of the goods & chattels, and, for want thereof, of the lands & tenements of said defendants, he should cause to be made the damages & costs aforesaid, and have the monies before the said Court, at , at the June Term A.D. 1839— which writ was delivered to 2d Esquire then being Sheriff of said , for ; which writ the said returned into said Court, at their June Term A.D. 1839, with his official report, or return of his proceedings thereon annexed to said writ, setting forth that by virtue thereof, & for want of goods & chattels, he levied the same on divers lots pecies & parcels of land, on the 20th. May 1839, particularly described in said return, among which, on the following lot, or parcel of land, to wit: Lot No Eight in Block No 113 in City plat, so called as surveyed by W. W. Beals Surveyor, excepting sixteen square rods in a square form at the north end of said lot; that he at the same time caused said lands to be appraised, and advertised and offered the same for sale at public vendue and the same remained unsold for want of bidders:— And whereas divers writs of were issued on said judgment & delivered to said and severally. by him returned as to said land above described unsold for want of bidders and such proceedings had on said judgment that at the June Term of said Court A.D. 1840, the said Court ordered a new appraisal of said lands, and afterwards, to wit: on the 25th day of July A.D. 1840 [p. [1]]