The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-11-20

said vendor, with the proper means for
the transfer of domains and other prop
erty, existing and in contingency and
other requisite rights, and such as are
customary in such cases, in order to
enter upon the possessions and enjoy
ments thereof from this day, by virtue
and force of these presents and that
said purchaser may have the power of
enjoyment and dispositions of the same
according to his will and pleasure, with
the assurance that he shall have, hold
and enjoy said property, and that the
same shall be held and remain to him,
not only by the names and titles before
mentioned, but also of the proper and
private name of said Joseph de Lamotte
Cadillac, making him, the said pur-
chaser, sure and strong in these con-
ditions, also by his lsaid mother and by
his said brother, for whom he renders
himself principal obligor in the present
sale, and as surety for the payment of
the $4,000 livres still to be paid,
together with all the clauses, promises
and conditions in this instrument con-
tanned wishing in all things to be the
one first bound, with full remuneration
of the law of principal and surety, and
of exceptions to the contrary.
And for the observance of what is
herein contained the parties bind their
property and rights which they may now
possess and those which they may
acquire in future, the said vendor bind
ing those he represents according to his
authority so to do. And the said
Maichens, in addition to what is before
provided, binds the lands and other
property when sold to him, and agrees
to hold them in the name of the vendors,
and upon conditions, at all events until
the full and entire payment of the said
purchase price.
And having duly sworn the two
parties, he, the said notary public,
directed them to sign this sale and pur.
chase by their act according to the laws
of the country where the property is
: situated.
Done and published at said Mar.
seilles, in our Office in presence of Con
, rad Begue and Messrs Francis Bandouin
"a priest resident in said city, and Mr.
Claude Francis Sello, citizen thereof
all signed as requisite with the parties
-, to the original Received one hundred
and nine livres and four soils. Com
pared and registered. Signed,
CHAMBIN.
HAZARD, Notary.
Free translation of letter received
; with the foregoing deed:
, TRANSLATION.
$ BosToN, August 20, 1893.
\ Mr.. SICART
SIR think you will remember the
J, honor you did us, in coming with some
S savages to stay with us at Mount Desert
!; when, as you stated, you were on youl
+. way to Quebec. 1t would have beer
e gratifying to us, if we had then hat
something worthy to set before you
S but we treated you as is done in th'
s country, with such as fortune had giver
b us. If we had known that you intended
r to pass by Detroit we could have fur
Y nished you with some information il
d regard to that country, but you vii
s soon learn all by being yourself upol
the shores OF Lake Erie.
q AS we have claims upon IT, country
you being on the spot, we have thVu-h ht
G may be of great service to US Th'
duplicate of the deed | send you vii
@ inform you of the whole matter, but th
point in question is briefly as follows
G My father, Joseph de Lamottc Cadilla
:. with the consent of his brother, Franci
d de Lamotte Cadillac, and of Marie
}. Theresc dc Guion, a native of Quebec
e their mother and tutor, sold, at Mar
d seilles, the land at Detroit, and no &C
/. count has been rendered for the same.
s That land was not sold but givel
n away, and Notwithstanding its grca
}. value, which was more than double tn,
c price agreed upon and the purchaser
;, Maichens, having paid one.half of tn
;. amount to Joseph de Lamotte Cadillac
D promised to convey, at his own risk
G the other half to Castelsarrasi in on,
S year, which last half of such price wa
: to 90 to Francis de Lamotte Cadillo
e and to Madame de Guion, his mother
8 But the said Maichens, so far from
e performing his obligation by paying th
e other half of the money, thought o
!, nothing less than to pack his baggage
f and, without drum or trumpet, start
{ off for Detroit. Several years after, no
y seeing the money arrive, as sait
Maichens had agreed it should, Franci
:, de Lamotte, brother of my father ant
c Marie de Guion, his mother, wrote let
!, ter after letter to Marseilles, and th
}. notary, who was no doubt we'll paid
!. was always sick or absent.
s Finally, Joseph de Lamotte, my
d father, being dead, as well as Francis
r his brother, and my uncle, as alsc
e madame Guion, my grandmother, anC
g having never been able to obtain any
e intelligence from Mr.. Maichens at Mar
t seilles, spoke one day of the matter tc
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