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March 29, 1828 between William Elder and Thomas BullEntry/Object ID
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Thomas Bull, William ElderScope and Content
This is a two-page "Articles of Agreement" dated March 29, 1828. This legal document outlines the sale of land and a business (including a store and blacksmith shop) in Crawford, Orange County, New York, from William Elder to Thomas Bull.
Articles of Agreement made and entered into this twenty ninth day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, between William Elder of Crawford, Orange County, & State of New-York of the one part and Thomas Bull of the same place of the other part Witnesseth —
That the said William Elder doth agree with said Thomas Bull for and in consideration of the covenants & agreements hereinafter mentioned as made & entered into on the part & behalf of said Thomas Bull, to make, execute & deliver to said Bull on or before the fifteenth day of April next, a good and sufficient warranted deed of conveyance duly executed & acknowledged for that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the house, storehouse & blacksmith shop thereon, situate, lying & being in the Town of Crawford aforesaid, it being the same premises sold by Joseph Elder & wife on the twenty third day of April 1821 to said Wm Elder, bounded as follows, beginning at the centre of the Newburgh & Cochecton turnpike road & runs thence along the line of the lands of Thomas Bull, North forty three degrees East fifteen chains & twelve links to a stake in a pine swamp, from thence along the line of the lands of Daniel Bull south forty seven degrees East, nine chains & thirty links to a stake and stones, from thence along the land of the said Joseph Elder south forty three degrees west, six chains to the centre of the before mentioned turnpike road, from thence along the centre of said turnpike road, north seventy
[Margin note on left side:] * the creek in a stone wall, thence south twenty five degrees thirty minutes west, four chains & fifty links to one degrees and fifteen minutes west, eleven chains and seventy links to the place of beginning, containing twelve acres, one rood and thirty three square rods of land, excepting & reserving out of said described lot, one acre of land heretofore sold & conveyed by said William Elder to one Israel Bowen from the west end thereof —
And the said Thomas Bull for the consideration of the conveyance aforesaid doth covenant & agree to pay to said William Elder on or before the fifteenth day of April next, if the deed aforesaid shall be duly made executed, acknowledged & ready for delivering the sum of Eight hundred dollars and the further sum of Seven Hundred dollars to be secured by a note to be given by said Thomas Bull to said Wm Elder, payable three years after the date thereof with interest — and to purchase the interest of said Wm Elder & James Elder in all the goods at invoice prices, in the store on said premises & pay or account for the same, when a settlement of the partnership concerns of Wm Elder & Co shall take place —
And for the true & faithful performance of the covenants herein above contained, the parties hereto do bind themselves, their heirs, executors & administrators, each to the other firmly by these presents —
Sealed & delivered in presence of A. C. Dixon Wm Elder Thomas Bull
