In Testimony Whereof, the said Joseph Smith and his wife of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year above written.
Joseph Smith L. S.
L. S.
Signed, sealed and delivered)
in presence of [blank])
State of Illinois,)
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I, a Justice of the Peace for the City of of said county, do certify that Joseph Smith and 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 purposes there in mentioned, and the said having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said Deed, and examined separate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that she had executed the same and relinquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed, voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her said husband. Given under my hand and seal, this Twelvth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one