JS, , and , Bond for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 20 Nov. 1839. Version copied ca. 20 Nov. 1839; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; endorsement presumably in handwriting of ; two pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes archival marking.
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 the county of and State of Illinois his heirs and assigns in the sum of thirteen hundred 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 Junr & have this day sold unto the said a certain lot of ground, lying and being in the county of — and State of Illinois, and described on the plat of the Town of as being Lot No. three in Block No. Seventy three— and received in payment for said lot three notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Six hundred and fifty— dollars, and payable as follows. with interest
First for Fifty dollars payable on demand
Second for Three hundred dollars on the on the twentieth of November A. D. 1844
Third for Three hundred dollars on the the twentieth day of November A D 1849
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, to the said his heirs and assigns, 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 twentieth— day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine—