JS, , and , Bond for property in [], Hancock Co., IL, to , 19 Mar. 1840; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; signatures of JS, , and ; docket in handwriting of ; one page; International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, Ogden, UT. Includes docket.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Jr & of the county of and State of are held and firmly bound unto of the county of and State of 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 Junr & have this day sold unto the said a certain lot of ground situated, lying and being in the county of and State of , and described on the plat of the Town of as being Lot No. Two in Block No. Twenty eight— and received in payment for said lot Four notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of— Four hundred and seventy five dollars, and payable as follows. with interest
The first for one hundred & eighteen 75/100 dollars on the 19th day of March A D 1843
The second for one hundred & eighteen 75/100 dollars on the 19th day of March A. D. 1845
The Third for one hundred & eighteen 75/100 dollars on the 19th day of March A. D. 1847
The fourth for one hundred & eighteen 75/100 dollars on the 19th day of March A. D. 1848
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 note with such interest as may accrue thereon, according to the tenor and effect thereof, when due, we the said Joseph Smith Junr & bind ourselves our— heirs, executors and administrators, to make or cause to be made, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot 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 nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty