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263 meaning thereof Exd d d Acknowledged before Abner Linthicum paid 50 5¼ Recorded the 1st day of July 1843 Know all men by these presents that I Alfred Johnson of A A County and State of maryland for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars Current money to me in hand paid by Landy Linsted of the County and State aforesaid at or before the ensealing and delivering of these presents the receipt whereof I the said Alfred Johnson do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do hereby grant bargain and sell unto the said Landy Linsted his Executors administrators and assigns one negro boy Henry slave for life and now in my possession To have and To hold the said negro boy to the said Landy Linsted his Executors administrators and assigns forever and I the said Alfred Johnson for myself my heirs Executors and administrators and assigns against me the said Alfred Johnson my Executors and administrators and against all and every person or persons whomsoever shall and will well warrant and for ever defend by these presents Provided nevertheless that in case I the said Alfred Johnson shall pay and satisfy to the said Landy Linsted or to his Executors administrators or assigns the sum of one hundred dollars Current money with Interest for the same on or before the fourth day of July next ensuing then this bill of sale and every matter and thing therein expressed shall be void and of none effect it being the true intent and meaning thereof that the said negro is mortgaged by me the said Alfred Johnson to secure to the said Landy Linsted the payment of the money aforesaid In Witness whereof I the said Alfred Johnson have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fifth day of July 1843 Signed Sealed and delivered in his presence of Rob.t Boone Alfred x Johnson (seal) mark On the back of the aforegoing was thus written to wit Maryland A A County to wit On this 5th day of July 1843 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County appears Alfred Johnson and acknowledged the within bill of sale to be his act and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof and the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided Witness my hand Rob.t Boone Exd d d paid 58 4 Recorded the 18th day of July 1843 Know all men by these presents that I Louisa Williams of Anne Arundel County and State of maryland for the Consideration of the sum of five dollars Current money to me in hand paid by Mary Pitts my negro slave (of) |
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