MacKay_Letter_035
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Title
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MacKay_Letter_035
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Description
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Deed of the sale of land in Caledonia, New York, by John Mckay and Thomas Mumford to Colin Campbell. June 28, 1814.
Transcription of print and handwriting:
Articles of Agreement, made this twenty eight Day of June in the Year of our Lord 1814 Between John McKay and John McKay as attorney for Thomas Mumford by a letter of attorney duly authorised on the first part, and Colin Campbell of the second part, as follows, to wit:--- The said parties of the first part, here-by covenant and agree with the said party of the second part, that they will sell and convey in fee, by a good and sufficient Deed, containing a full covenant of warranty, to the said party of the second part, all that certain piece or parcel of Land, situate, lying, and being in the Town of Caledonia in the County of Genesee and State of New- York bounded on the forth by the post road leading from Canandaigua to Batavia on the east by the west line of a lot on which stand a hatters shop now occupied by Kenneth Reach on the North by a line to be run parallel to the said post road and on west by a line to be run parallel to the west line of the aforesaid lot the said lot hereby bargained shall be eight rods wide from East to West and so long North and South as to contain one acre of land upon the payment by the said party of the second part, to the said parties of the first part, of the Sum of six cents and upon completion by the said party of the second part of a dwelling house upon the said lot which said house is to be at least equal to twenty feet long and twenty feet wide and one storey and a half high and built of hewed logs on framed and weather boarded and painted and the whole to be completed and finished in a workman like manner within one year and a half from the date which shall be a condition precedent to the delivery of said deed
And the said party of the second part, covenant and agrees with the said parties of the first part, to pay them, the said sum of money in a manner aforesaid, with the interest as aforesaid, which payment is hereby declared to be a condition precedent to the execution of a Deed by the said parties of the first part; and in case of failure on the part of the said party of the second part, to fulfill this contract, he the said party of the second part, hereby covenant and agree to pay to the said parties of the first part, the sum of ten dollars which is agreed to be the liquidated damages for such failure, and on the payment of the said sum of ten dollars this contract is to be void.
In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of}
[signed] John McKay
[signed] Thomas Mumford - by his attorney John McKay
Colin Campbell
his mark
[signed] Daniel [McCall ?] [Jus ?]
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Identifier
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Creator
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Kristen Walker
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Subject
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Agreement
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Publisher
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Izzy Moyer; Kristen Walker; Jill Johnson; and Renee Guerin
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Date
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1814.06.28
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Date Created
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2023.10.30
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Type
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Legal Documents
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Agreement
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Format
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Medium
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Paper
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Rights Holder
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Genesee Country Village & Museum
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Rights
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