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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
Volume 774, Page 128   View pdf image
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Maryland Dorchester County sc      Personally appears Aaron Cook before me the
subscriber a justice of the peace for Dorchester county and acknowledges the above to be his
act and deed may 20 1843                                                  
                                                                                              James Read
June 20.th 1843 Delivered to Capt Isaac Phillips W. J.   3.d


James Hooper & Sons      Be it remembered that the following Mortgage was recorded
Paid from         Ex.d          1st June 1843 to wit         United States of America State of
James Smith                      Maryland to wit              Know all men by these presents that
whereas James Smith of Dorchester county State of Maryland is owner of the schooner or vessel
Called Benjamin Le Compte of Oxford of the burthen of 52 & 5 Tons or thereabouts and whereas
the said James Smith is indebted to James Hooper John P Hooper & James Hooper Jr all
of Baltimore merchants and copartners trading there under the firm of James Hooper
& Sons in the sum of seven hundred 2/100 Dollars for which he the said James Smith
has given to the said James Hooper & sons the three following Promissory Notes that is to
say James Smiths note for four hundred 82/100 Dollars dated 31 May 1843 payable
one Day after date to James Hooper & sons  Smith & Deans note for Two hundred
& six 38/100 Dollars dated 22d Decr 1841 payable Four Months after date to James Hooper
& sons and James Smiths note for Ninety two 93/100 Dollars dated 31 may 1843 payable
one Day after date to James Hooper the payment of which three Promissory notes
he the said James Smith is desirous of securing by pledging to the said James Hooper
& sons the said schooner Benjamin Le Compte and appurtenances  Now Know
Ye that I the said James Smith in consideration of the premises and the further
consideration of the sum of One Dollar to me in hand paid at the time of the perfection
of these presents by the said James Hooper & sons the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have granted bargained sold assigns transfered and set over
and by these presents do grant bargain sell assign transfer and set over unto the
said James Hooper John P Hooper and James Hooper Jr their executors administrators
and assigns all that the said schooner or vessel called the Benjamin
Le Compte of oxford together with all and singular her masts yards sails
Rigging Anchors Cables boats tackle Apparel and appurtenances as she
now lies in the Port of Baltimore and is more particularly described in a Certi
of Enrolement granted her at the port of Oxford in the following words Enrolment
Permanent "no. 39. Thirty Nine Enrolement in Conformity to an act of the Congress
of the United States of America entitled "An act for enroling and licensing
                         ships or vessels to be employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries
    (Seal)            and for regulating the same" James Smith of Dorchester County &
                         State of M to      having taken or subscribed the oath required by the
    (Seal)            said Act and having Sworn that he is a Citizen of the United
   (of the)           States sole      Owner of the ship or vessel called the Benjamin
(Collector)         Le Compte of Oxford whereof John W Dean is at present Master and
(of the port of)   as he hath sworn is a citizen of the United States and that the said
  (Oxford)         ship or vessel was built in the County and state aforesaid during
Nichs Willis
             Colltr
   


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