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340 that the consideration set forth in the said Mortgage or Bill of sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth. Jos. H. Bell J. P. Zadock H. Rosse Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale Ex.d from 60 was recorded on the 3.d day of June 1851, To wit: Aaron Mitchell Know all Men by these presents that I, Aaron Mitchel of Dorchester County, for and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred dollars, to me in hand paid by Zadock H. Rosse of the County aforesaid, at or before the delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof I, the said Aaron Mitchell, do hereby Acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell unto Zadock H. Rosse, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, a certain Negro Boy named Leonard, slave for life, about ten years of age, which said Boy I warrant to be sound and healthy. To have and to hold said Negro Boy slave named Leonard, above bargained and sold, to the said Zadock H. Rosse, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns forever. And I, the said Aaron Mitchell, for myself, heirs, Executors & administrators, the said Negro Boy named Leonard as a slave unto the said Zadock H. Rosse, his Executors, Administrators & Assigns, against me the said Aaron Mitchell, my heirs, executors & Assigns, and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever shall & will warrant and defend by these presents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 27 day of May 1851. Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of Sam.l Abbot Amanda Abbott Aaron Mitchell (Seal) Dorchester County, State of Maryland On the 27 day of May 1851 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County, Zadock H. Rosse, the party grantee, being well known to me, and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration set forth in the above Bill of sale is true and bona fide agreeably to the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided. On the same day personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace of said County, Aaron Mitchell the party grantor, and Acknowledges the above Bill of sale to be his act and deed, and delivered for the purposes therein mentioned Sam.l Abbott J. P. 1851 June 3.d Rec.d the sum of one dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of Sale Wm Jackson Clk |
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