State of Illinois, , ss. I, clerk of the Municipal Court in and for the City of , in said , do certify that Joseph Smith, whose signature appears to the foregoing deed, and, who is personally known to me to be the person described in, and who executed the same, did acknowledge that he had executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal of Court this 8th. day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four