In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 21st. day of October A. D. 1844.

In presence of James Hartley

State of Illinois City of Hancock County

I Clerk of the Mayors Court for said in said , do certify that Robert Thompson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and who is personally known to me to be the person therein named and who executed the same, acknowledged that he made and executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Corporation at this 21st. day of October A. D. 1844.

L. S.

to F[rederick] Merryweather pt L. 4. B. 16. in ad. to

This Indenture, made and entered into this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty four between and his wife, of the county of and State of , of the one part, and Frederick Merryweather of the county of and aforesaid, of the other part, Witnesseth, that the the said and his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and Seventy dollars to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the Said Frederick Merryweather his heirs and assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land, situate and being in the county of in the state of , viz: beginning at a point forty four feet and three quarters from the South west corner of Lot Number four in Block Sixteen running on a line with Mullholland street, East twenty five feet thence North Eleven Rods thence West twenty five feet thence South to the place of beginning it being a part of Lot No four in Block Sixteen of ’s 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 Frederick Merryweather, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said and his wife, their heirs and assigns, the aforesaid premises unto the said Frederick Merryweather, his heirs and [p. 200]