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143 forever and I the said Levin M. Lewis for myself my heirs executors and administrators all and singular the said negroes William & Mary Jolly and other the premises unto the said John D. Farquharson his executors administrators and assigns against me the said Levin M. Lewis my executors and administrators and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents In Witness whereof the said Levin M. Lewis hath hereunto set his hand and seal this thirtieth day of December eighteen hundred and fifty four Signed Sealed and delivered Levin M. Lewis (seal) in the presence of W.m F. Pattison J. P. State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit: Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that on this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and fifty four before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Dorchester County aforesaid personally appeared Levin M. Lewis he being personally known to me to be the person who is named and described as and professing to be the party to the aforegoing Bill of Sale and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed at the same time and place also appeared before me John D. Farquharson the grantee named in the said Bill of Sale and made Oath that the Consideration set forth in the said Bill of Sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on the day and year aforesaid W.m F. Pattison J. P. Received the 30th day of December 1854 of John D. Farquharson the sum of one Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of Sale F. J. Henry Clerk State of Maryland Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the following √ from xd Bond was received and recorded on the 29.th day of January John E. Applegarth & others in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Fifty five To wit: (Stamp) ( six ) Know all men by these presents that we John E Applegarth (Dollars) John R. Creighton William B. Dail Levin W. Stewart and Peter Barnett of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland are held and firmly bound unto the State of Maryland in the full and just sum of Twenty six thousand six hundred and sixty six dollars sixty six and two third Cents Current Money to be paid to the said State or its certain Attorney to which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this twenty second day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty five The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden John E. Applegarth as Sheriff of Dorchester County do and shall well and faithfully execute the Same office in all things appertaining thereto and shall also render to the several officers within this state a just and true account of all fees placed in his hands for collection within the time limited by law and shall a^l^so well and truly pay all sums of money received by him and also collect and pay all public dues fines & forfeitures which are due or belonging to the state and shall also well and faithfully execute and return all writs process and warrants to him directed and delivered and shall also pay and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same all sum or sums of money tobacco goods chattels or property by him levied seized or taken agreeably to the directions of the writ process or warrant under which the same |
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