KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Junr & 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. one in Block No. Twenty Six— 26— and received in payment for said lot Two— 2 notes of hand bearing even date herewith date of April 1— 1840, for the sum of Five hundred dollars, and payable as follows.

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 Eighteen years fom 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 thisTenth— 10 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty—

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