Signed sealed and delivered in presence of .

State of Illinois, Hancock County, City of , sct. I Notary Public, in and for the City of , County and State aforesaid, do certify that and Irene 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 therein mentioned. And the said Irene Cowles having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said Deed, and examined separate 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 first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four

L. S.

Fees 90 cts Recorded Apl 2— 1844

to p L 4 B 14 Add.

This Indenture, made and entered into, this twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, between , and 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 his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred 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: Sixty feet of the West part of fractional Lot Number four, cut off by a line running through said lot parrallel to the West boundary of said lot in Block Numbered fourteen in Addition to . 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 his wife, their heirs and assigns, the aforesaid premises, unto the [p. 107]