Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-05-12
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10 tbs Honorable The Senate, and H9ue ef Re6rs.
JsntatiJe5, IN General Conr a9rm5led, on be E-
end Wsd"5'aay Of January, SOC.
Il He Petition of GREENLEAF RAND.
Of Windham, in the county of Cumberland,
joiner, humbly fhews-That your petitioner,
together with his brother ToHN RAND, ian of
iad Windham, on the twenty fifth day of Nav,
ammo Donlini 1896, agreed with, aud did then
and there Purchale of CALEB REA, Of iaid Wind
ham, phytcian, a certain hundred acre LOT Of
land numbered II3, in the lecond dviGon Of
hundred acre lots in faid Windham, and did
then and there receive Of the laid Rea his GER
tam agreement in writing under his hand, IN
words following, viz. e Know all men by thefe
" Pretents, that Caleb Rea of Windham, in
I" the county Of Cumberland and commonwealth
I" OF Maltachuietts, phyfician, for the conGdera-
. ton OF the fun of one huRdred and eehty
pounds, to be paid in manner hereafter men,
toned, BY John Rand, Jun. and Greenleaf
Rand, joiners do hereby obligaIe myielf 10
give and execute Warranty Deed Of faIe TO
/" the aforefaid John and Greenleaf Rand, of
g certain hundred acre lot Of land in faid
Wndham IN number II3, in the fecord d.
g viion ofhundred acre lots-Proyided the faid
John and Greenleaf pay me one hundred and
" twenty FIVE dollars on demand, and one hun
dred and eighty dollars on Or before the tirf
8 day OF November enluing, and three hundred
dollars on or before the frR day of October,
{" Ammo Domini 1897, with interef till the pay
= ments are completed. Caleb Rea' And
your petitioner fays that he and his Ead brother
entered on iaid lot in puriuance Of the faid pur.
chaie, and the wiring aforeiaid, and continued
to perform and make the payments as in faid
writing mentioned but that the iad Rea, be-
fore all the payments became due or were made.
was taken away by death, end that your petit
toners lad brother afterwards was alfo taken
away by death. Your petitioner ALTO further
fays that he and his faid brother, II his life
time, and your petitioner, ince his faid brother's
deceaie have performed every thing that was
incumbent on them or him 10 perform, and
make all the payments either to the faid Caleb,
in his life time, or to his adminiRratrix, Sarah
Rea, iince the laid Caleb's deceaie agreeably to
the true intenr Of fAid purchafe bur that your
petitioner is now prevented from having his
iaid Deed, by reafon Of the deceale of the faid
Caleb Rea as aforeiaid.
Your petitioner alto further fays that Tohn
Rand, father and heir to the faid Tohu Rand,
decealed, and alto his administrator, and Sarah
Rea, the,widow and adminiaratrix of the fad
CALEB Rea deceaied, are very willing and defir-
Gus that your petitioner ihouid have Deed az
! fad lot to himIelf only, as they have ali ami.
cably agreed concerning the fame land that the
fae fhould take place, and that il would Be verT
detrimental to all parties, and to faid Rea's
eaate, if faid deed fhould not Be made agreea.
| bly, to the intent Of the agreement made BY the
| iad Caleb Rea aforelaid Wherefore your
| petitioner PraYs that the Honorable General
Court would, notwithstanding faid writing or
| agreement is not under the feal of the faid Ca
leb Rea, authorize the faid Sarah Rea, adminff-
trarix As aforeiaid, to fell and convey laid LOT.
and make and execute as good and fIficient
deed thereof to your petitioner as the faid Caleb
Rea could do were he now living, in puriuance
Of bis faid agreement Or ant fuch other re-
lief as The Court in atheir widen lhall fee it,
As in duty bound, GREBNLsAE RAND. y
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