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255. 163 & 164 one of the record books of Anne Arundel County did for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars current money, grant bargain and sell unto the said Amelia Towell, her executors, administrators and assigns one negro woman called Nelly and her three children viz John, Mary and Gassaway, one negro man called Samuel, one called Richard and one called Jacob, all slaves for life, also A negro man called Harry, and a negro woman called Julia, for A term of years, as by reference to the said Mortgage bill of sale will more fully and at large appear, And Whereas the said Henry C. Dunbar hath fully paid and satisfied to her the said Amelia Towell the above mentioned sum of money and interest thereon she the said Amelia Towell doth agree to Execute this instrument of writing as a full release of the above described property Now this indenture Witnesseth that the said Amelia Towell for and in consideration of the payment of the above mentioned sum of money and the interest thereon and for and in consideration of the sum of One dollar to her in hand paid by the said Henry C. Dunbar at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt of which is hereby Acknowledged hath Given Granted bargained and sold, released, and confirmed and by these presents doth Give, Grant bargain, sell and release and confirm unto him the said Henry C. Dunbar his Executors administrators and assigns, the above mentioned and described property. To Have and to Hold the said herein described Negroes, unto the said Henry C. Dunbar his Executors Administrators and assigns In Testimony Whereof the said Amelia Towell has hereunto set her hand and seal on the day and year first above written Signed Sealed and delivered her in presence of Amelia x Towell (Seal) Nicholas Brewer mark Baltimore City SS. Be it Remembered that on this Twenty Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty Eight before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said City appears Amelia Towell and acknowledges the above instrument of writing to be her act and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof Acknowledged before Nicholas Brewer State of Maryland Baltimore County Sct I hereby Certify That Nicholas Brewer Esquire before whom the annexed acknowledgment was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace of the state of Maryland |
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