JS, , and , Bond for property in [], Hancock Co., IL, to , , and Joel Edmunds, 7 Mar. 1840; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; signatures of JS, , and ; docket in handwriting of ; endorsement in handwriting of ; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket, endorsement, mathamatical computations, and archival marking.
Note that the promissory note associated with this bond has not been located.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Junr & of the county of and State of are held and firmly bound unto & Joel Edmunds of the county of and State of their heirs and assigns in the sum of one 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 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. one hundred & Sixty one and received in payment for said lot one note of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Fifty Three dollars, and payable as follows.on the first day of October A D 1840
withThe interest for each and every note to be paid annually.
Now if the said & Joel Edmunds their 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 Junr & bind ourselves— our heirs, executors and administrators, to make or cause to be made, to the said Joel Edmundshistheir heirs and assigns, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot at the expiration of Twenty [ye]ars 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 Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty