Seal

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Rock Island this 15th day of May In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five

& wife [Lucinda Pace] to 1 pt of Lot 53 Block 4 A[ddition]

This Indenture made and entered into This ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four between and Lucinda G [Pace] his wife of the county of and State of of the one part and of the county of and aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said and Lucinda G his wife for and consideration of the Sum of twenty five dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby grant bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of Land situate and being in the county of in the State of Viz:— A part of Lot No fifty three in Block No four of ’s Addition to commencing at a Stone on the East side of Warsaw Street at the South West corners of Isabella Mackleys land thence East Eight Rods thence South two and one fourth Rods thence West Eight Rods to Warsaw Street thence North two and one fourth Rods to the place of Beginning be the same more or less Together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining To have and to hold the above described premises unto the said his heirs and assigns forever And the said and Lucinda G his wife their heirs and assigns the aforesaid premises unto the said his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person whomsoever do and will warrant and forever defend by these presents In testimony whereof the said and Lucinda G his wife of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of

I notary public in and for the city of county and state aforesaid do certify that and Lucinda G his wife whose signatures appear to the foregoing Deed and who are personally known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the same did severally acknowledge that they had executed the said conveyance for the uses and the purposes therein mentioned and the said Lucinda G Pace having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said Deed and examined seperate and apart from her said acknowledged that she had executed the same and relinquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed, voluntarily, freely and without compulsion of her said . In testimony whereof I the said notary have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial Seal at the City of this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four

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