JS, , and , Bond for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 8 Jan. 1840. Version copied ca. 8 Jan. 1840; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; signature of ; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes docket and archival marking.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We Joseph Smith Jun— & — of the county of — and State of Illinois are held and firmly bound unto — of tke county of — and State of Illinois— 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 situtated, lying and being in the county of — and State of Illinois, and described on the plat of the Town of as being Lot No. Two in Block No. Sixty four <thirty six> (64 <36>) and received in payment for said lot Two— notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Five hundred— dollars, and payable as follows with interest
The first for Two Hundred and fifty dollars on the eighth day of January A.D. 1845
The second for Two Hundred and fifty dollars on the eight day of January<A.D.> 1850
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 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 — his heirs and assigns, 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 Eight— day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty