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445) This Indenture made this twelfth day of November One thousand seven hundred and Eighty five Between John Dorsey of Baltimore County of the one part and Thomas Dorsey & Samuel Chase Esq.r of Ann Arundel County of the other Part Witnesseth whereas a Partnership was entered into and for a considerable time subsisted Between the said Thomas Dorsey Samuel Chase and John Dorsey and another Partnership was entered into Between the said John Dorsey Thomas Dorsey Samuel Chase & Luke Wheeler and during the aforesaid Partnership the following Property to wit Lands in the State of Virginia taken up by Jacob Myers in the Name & for the use of Samuel Chase John Dorsey and Jacob Myers as also Lands taken up by the said Myers in the Name & for the use of Samuel Chase and John Dorsey and in the Name & for the use of Samuel Chase & John Dorsey and Thomas Dorsey Leased from Charles Ridgely & Lease executed to Thomas Dorsey John Dorsey & Samuel Chase known by the name of the Cove Lands being part of Howards Timber Neck and also Lands purchased from Jesse Hollingsworth commonly called the Rope Walk and originally Leased from Charles Ridgely being part of Hamards Timber Neck and also a Number of Lotts in that part of Baltimore Town called French Town which was purchased from the State of Maryland by John Dorsey For the use of Samuel Chase Thomas Dorsey and John Dorsey also Negroes Joe Isaac & Lieth was purchased by the said Thomas Dorsey Samuel Chase and John Dorsey with the Money and Property of the said Partnerships and is held and possessed by them as Tenants in Common and whereas the said Partnerships is Indebted to the amount of much more then the whole Partnership Property of which they the said Samuel Thomas & John are seized or possessed and whereas it is but Just and equitable that the property of the said Partnership in preference to the private the payment of the Debts due from the said Partnership in preference to the private Debts of either f the Partners Now This Indenture that the said John Dorsey for and in consideration of the sum of Five Shillings Current Money to him paid before the ensealing and Delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby Acknowledge and in further consideration and for the purpose to secure the said property for the use of the creditors hath given granted bargained & sold aliened enfeoffed & Confirmed and by these presents doth give grant Bargain sell enfeoff and Confirm to the said Thomas Dorsey and Samuel Chase their heirs and assigns for ever all his the said John Dorseys right title or Interest either in Law or equity of in or to the aforesaid Lands and Negroes together with all the Debts due to the said John Dorsey Samuel Chase & Thomas Dorsey under the firm of John Dorsey & C.o and all the Debts due to John Dorsey Samuel Chase Thomas Dorsey & Luke Wheeler under the firm of Dorsey Wheeler & C.o and also all the debts which may be due to John Dorsey & C.o which stand as due to John Dorsey among which are Richard Ponsonby Stephen Steward Jun.r Stephen Stewart Sen.r Stephen Steward & son Archibald Buchanan William Holmes and Levi Ghant and also all the the sums of Money and Tobacco due in consequence of Purchases made by (Thomas) |
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