Town Lot Order on Vacant Lots, circa April 1840–B

Block 113 Lots 2 & 3 are vacant—

they are the ones & only place whereby the Swamp on the Munson [S]treet can be drained— and is proper to reserve the right to drain the swamp if the should need it in futer [future]— also to prohibit the purchaser from any right to drain it— Making the reserve for the church & them only the worth of said lots

I should not sell them or either on any other conditions than the above— a reasonable compensation should be allowed for a right reserved to drain in futer— [p. [1]]