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370 On the Back of the aforegoing Deed was thus Written Viz.t Be it Remembered that on the tenth day of July in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Sixty four Personally Appeared before Me one of the Lord Proprys Justices of the Provincial Court Hopewell Keene and Sarah his Wife the Grantors within mentioned and did Acknowledge the within Writing to be their Act and Deed & the Land and Premisses therein mentioned to be the Right and Estate of the within James Smith his Heirs and Assigns forever the said Sarah being Privately examined out of the hearing of her said Husband declared She made the same Acknowledgment Willingly and freely without being induced thereto by fears or threats of or ill usage by her said Husband or ^for^ fear of his Displeasure Geo Steuart Received this 10.th day of July Anno Domini Seventeen hundred Sixty four Twenty five pounds Sterling Money the full Consideration within mentioned Witness Hopewell Keene Edw.d Ford W.m Battison July 23.d 1764 Received of M.r James Smith Three shillings and eleven Pence one half Penny Sterling for the use of the Lord Baltimore being the Alienation fine on the within One hundred and ninety eight Acres of Land by Virtue of a Commission from Edw.d Lloyd Esq.r his said Lordships Agent and Receiver General Benj.a Beall Recorded 23.d July 1764 9sd Ex.d To all to whom these Presents shall come I Francis Cohayne Esq.r Alderman & Locumtenens of the Right Honble William Beckford Esq Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and Passed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the second Intituled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in his Majestys Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the day of the Date (hereof |
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