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late husband of the plaintiff, recites and sits out his title in the
following words:

" Whereas Harry Dorsey Gough, on the fifth day of April, in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty-six, agreed with Daniel
Grant of Baltimore town, now the said city, to sell and give his
bond to convey to him, his heirs and assigns, clear of all incum-
brances, all that lot or parcel of ground lying in Baltimore town
and contained within the following courses and distances, to wit:
beginning, &c. &c. with its appurtenances, for the consideration of
three thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds in English guineas
at thirty-five shillings each, and weighing five pennyweights and
six grains, payable on the fifth day of April seventeen hundred
and ninety-three, with annual interest thereon until paid. And
whereas the said Harry Dorsey Gough, afterwards, to wit, on the
twenty-ninth day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and
ninety-five, agreed with the said Daniel Grant, to sell and give his
bond to convey to him, his heirs and assigns, clear of all incum-
brances, all that other lot or parcel of ground lying in Baltimore
town aforesaid, now the said city, and situate immediately below
the buildings of the said Daniel Grant, to wit: beginning, &c. &c.,
for the consideration of five hundred and twenty-one pounds in
English guineas, at thirty-five shillings each, and weighing five
pennyweights and six grains, payable in one year, with annual
interest thereon until paid. And whereas the said Daniel Grant,
afterwards, to wit, on the thirtieth day of September, in the year
seventeen hundred and ninety-five, sold the said two lots or parcels
of ground with the appurtenances unto James Bryden of the said
city of Baltimore, for the consideration of the sum of three thou-
sand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, six shillings and five
pence, current money, to be paid by him to the said Harry Dorsey
Gough, and of the sum of five thousand and thirty-five pounds,
thirteen shillings and seven pence of like money, to be paid by
him the said James Bryden, unto him the said Daniel Grant. And
whereas the -said James Clarke, with John Smith, became security
for the said James Bryden, for the payment of the said two seve-
ral sums of money; and the said Daniel Grant for their indemni-
fication, on the said day and year last mentioned, assigned to them
the said James Clarke and John Smith, all his right, title and inter-
est of, in and to the said two bonds of the said Harry Dorsey
Gough, for the conveyance of the said two lots or parcels of ground
in the said two bonds mentioned. And-whereas the said James

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