JS, , and , Bond for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 9 Mar. 1840; sealed by JS, , and ; witnessed by . Version copied ca. 9 Mar. 1840; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; two pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket and archival marking.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Jr & 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 Jr & 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. four in Block No. thirteen and received in payment for said lot five notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of five hundred dollars, and payable as follows.
The first for 100 dollars on the 9th day of March A D 1842
The Second for 100 [dollars on the] 9th [day of] March A D 1844
The third for 100 [dollars on the] 9th [day of] March A D 1846
The fourth for 100 [dollars on the] 9th [day of] March A D 1848
The fifth for 100 [dollars on the] 9th [day of] March A D 1850
withThe interest for each and every note to be paid annually.
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, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot at the expiration of twenty years from 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 this ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty