JS, , and , Bond for property in [], Hancock Co., IL, to , 1 Oct. 1839; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of and signature in unidentified handwriting; docket in handwriting of ; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket and archival markings.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we Joseph Smith Jun & 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. three in Block No. Sixty two and received in payment for said lot onenote of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Five hundred dollars, and payable as follows.
To be paid on the First day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine
withThe interest for each and everythe said 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 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 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 First day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
TEXT: “LS” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal. Above Hyrum Smith’s signature are two more hand-drawn representations of seals, presumably for JS and Sidney Rigdon’s signatures.