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76) of twenty four Shillings and nine pence Sterling Alienation fine on the within Land Called Bear Garden Enlarged 1/2 Dear Park I say received by me for use of the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary Benj.a Tasker Ex.d This Indenture made the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & forty five Between Nathan Smith of North Carolina but now being in Calvert County Son & Heir apparent of Thomas Smith late of Prince Georges but now of North Carolina & Elizabeth his Wife of the one part and John Hall of Lyons Creek in Calvert County Merchant of the other Part Witnesseth that for & in Consideration of the Sum of three Hundred Pounds Sterling to him the said Nathaniel Smith in hand paid by the said John Hall the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged It is Covenanted Granted concluded & Agreed ^upon^ by & between the said Parties to these Presents that the said John Hall shall before the End of the next Provincial Court Purchase & sue forth at the Proper Cost & Charge of him the said John Hall one Original Writ of Entry Sur disseisin en le Post returnable before the Justices of the Same Court at Annapolis & shall thereby demand against the said Nathan Smith All that Plantation Tract or Parcell of Land lying & being at Lyons Creek on the East Side of Patuxent River within this Province of Maryland Containing by Estimation three hundred Acres & was formerly the Land of ^one^ Francis Leaf together with the Dwelling House & all other House or Houses Improvements & Appurtenances thereunto belonging by Such Name or Names Quantity or Number of Acres as the said John Hall or his Councill shall require unto Which Writ the said Nathan shall appear gratis & shall Vouch to Warranty the Common Vouchee who shall likewise appear gratis & enter into Warranty & Plead that Hugh Hunt did not disseise the said John Hall & put himself upon the Country Whereupon the said John Hall shall imparle & afterwards Come into Court & the Common Vouchee altho solemnly called shall not come but Depart in Contempt of the Court & make (Default) |
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