Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-10-02
To the Public.

IN reply to the caution which Mr.. Joseph
| Il Meacham has had inserted in the Edwards
vile Spectator of the 25th inst we would Oh
serve to the public, that the quarter section OF
| land referred to by Mr.. Meacham, viz. the
| southwest quarter of section in town north
and range west of the Sd principal meridian,
of the lands offered for sale at Edwardsvilles
was purchased by Joseph Meacham on the Sd
day of January, 1917, as will appear by refer
ence to the Receivers and Registers office at
Edwardsville. Mr. Meacham had paid only
the first instalnent when we became purcha-
sers.
Whatever interest there was in this proper
ty by virtue Of the Registers certificate of the
sale of the said land, MIR. Meacham held at the
time of the sitting of the circuit court for the
county of Madison, when there were iudg-
ments to a large amount given against Mr..
Meacham. Among them, it seemst that between
three and four thousand dollars of the iudg-
nents were in favor of the Hon. Ninian Ed
wards.
The sheriff was directed by Mr.. Meacham
to levy the executions IN favor of Ninian Ed
wards on the aforesaid quarter section of land,
AS well as on other property.
The sheriff in pursuance of his duty publicly
sold the aforesaid quarter section of land, at
Alton, on the 28th Of July last, at which sa the
cy, and the land was struck off 10 the said
Bennett Make! for himself, ErastIs Brown, Isaac
Waters, and Aacharah Allen, and the sheriff
executed in due form deed of the land to the.
SAID MaAcy, Brown Waters, and Allen, which
deed was Immediately put on record And
| the SAID Joseph Meacham regularly assigned
the certificate for the said quarter section OF
| land, which had been granted to him by Mr..
| Mhee, formerly Register of the Land Office.
| to the said Bennett MaXcy, Erastus Brown
Isaac Waters, and Zachariah Allen Afterwards
The sad MaXcy, Brown, Waters, and Alien,
| pad to Benjamin Stephenson Esq. Receiver
OF public moneys at Edwardsville, the remain
| ing instruments due on sad land, and delivered
| the original certificate, tJgether with the as
Segment as aforesaid, to Edward Coles, Esq.
Register at Edwardsville, and obtained the
patent certificate, which certificate is forward
ed TO the General Land Office The patent
1or the sad land must necessarily be granted
| 20 ,ie sad Benn,t MaXcy, Erastus Brown, Isaac
! Waters and Zacnarah Alien.
Under these circumstances, Notwithstanding
MIR. Meacham's caution, the public can Judge
| Of our title to he said land
| We might not have been prompted tt take
any notice OF what Mr.. Meacham has sad, or
caused 10 be published, in relation to the said
! land, but nom the circumstances of his nefa-
iiot1S tiasaOlioliS concerning the Town iOtS ana
other property in and about Alton. When
man, without having a sufficient title to land,
mortgages it, afterwards lays it off into town
lots and offers them for sale and then, with
out regardto anyprevious contract, again mort
/ cages The greater part of the lots in a sum of
between three and four thousand dollars; and
| again, without regard to either of the aforesaid
mortgages, sells the lots to innocent purcha-
sels, and VINO are actual settlers, it is time that
the public should be made acquainted with his
| character.
The inhabitants of Alton ought not to suffer
any longer MIR. Joseph Meachaln's duphcity to
| be pa!ned upon them.
We should do injustice to ourselves and to
all who are or who may hereafter become, in
terested in the said south west quarter of Sec
ton in town north and range 9 west, if we
were not to give this candid statement to the
public.
But We forbcar at this time, calling Mr.. Jo-
seph Meacham's attention to the southwest
corner OF the aforesaid quarter section of land,
which corner has been burnt, defaced, and the
landmarks removed
BENNETT NANCY,
ERASTUS BROWN,
ISAAC WATERS,
! ZACHARIAH ALLEN.
| Alton, Sept 29h, 1819-1t