Receiver’s Office, Receipt, to JS, Lexington, Lafayette Co., MO, 8 Sept. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in the handwriting of E. M. Ryland; signature and endorsement in handwriting of E. M. Ryland; Land Entry Case File 8667; Record Group 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC.
RECEIVED fromJoseph Smith Jrof[blank]county the sum of Ninety two & 13/100dollars, being in full forE 1/2 of N. E. 1/4 of section No Twotownship No. Fifty six ([blank]) north of the base line and west of the fifth principal meridian, range No. Twenty ninecontainingSeventy three & 70/100acres, at the rate of $ 125per acre.