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 Asa Smith Charles Hulet [Hewlett] of tke county of and State of Illinois his heirs and assigns in the sum of Five 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 Asa Smith Charles Hulet 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. one hundred forty eight <​twenty Six​> and received in payment for said lot four <​notes​> note of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of dollars, and payable as follows.

Now if the said Charles Hulit his heirs, executors, or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause ot 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 Jr & 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 twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty

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