JS, , and , Bond for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 9 May 1840; manuscript form in handwriting of , with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; endorsements in handwriting of and ; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket, endorsements, and archival marking.
For and in consideration of the sum of one thousand two hundred and sixty three dollars to us in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged We Joseph Smith Jr and of the County of and State of do hereby obligate ourselves our heirs administrators and assigns to make or cause to be made a good sufficient deed of conveyance, twenty years after the date hereof, for all that Lot of Land 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 Sixty nine— to of the and aforesaid, his heirs or assigns And for the performance of this obligation we bind ourselves our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in the penal Sum of Two thousand dollars.
Given under our hands and seals this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty