Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-24
AN ANCIENT DOCUMENT.
Deed Made In Fort Chartres in 1874, ar
Now on Record In Chester. H.

Deed Made In Fort Chartres in 1874, and
Now on Record In Chester, Ill.
leicester .Ill., Cor. St Louis Republican,,
In scare ling among the ancient records
N the office of the circuit clerk OF this
county the correspondent discovered an
cid deed, or rather its record, whi h, aside
from its antiquity, is a veritable curiosity
by reason of its form, language and the
titles of the officials formulating it, to-
gether with its acknowledgment and GER
tificates. 1t is written in French, and
bears date early in the last century. The
following is literal translation:
"Before me, BuffreGu de Belligarde, full
filling the functions of a notary in Illinois,
and the witnesses undersigned were pi es-
emit: Jean Baptiste Lalande, residing at
Caskaskias, and Georges Biron, residing at
said place, who of their free will acknowl-
edge to have made between them the ex-
change, parmutations, cessions and con-
veyances mutual Of the estates here
after described, with promise of
mutual warranty, one to the
other, against all troubles and i'm
pediments whichever, generally. First has
been given and leaved by said Jean Bap-
tiste Lalande to said Henry Birou, here
signs to be enjoyed now and forever,
three arpents of land in front, of which
the depth is specified in the deed delivered
by NM. De Boisbriant and Delavere, twen-
ty minots OF wheat sown, one house situ-
ated in Caskaskias, with its lot and all the
buildings standing on it, two oxen old
enough to plough, one COW, a negro man,
negro woman, piece of printed calico,
a slave "sauvage." a SOW, a cart with is
wheels, plough, harness for two horses,
two cellars and saddle, for which goods
above described said Henry Biron has
given and leav ed in counter exchange to
said Jean Ba ptiste Lalande, here also ac-
cepting for himself, his heirs and assigns,
the sum of ten thousand livres, French
money, that said Lalande is to take from
Pierre Biron, his brother and guardian, or
from Desanlaiers, his surrogate guardian,
according to the power OF attorney, that
shall be put in the hands of said
Lalande, and have agreed, the said
parties that in case said Lalande should
not be paid of said sum of ten thousand
livres, said Biron shall he bound to give
back to said Lalande oil the articles men,
toned above, and the sum of three thou
sand livres in Illinois money, as a damage
for his voyage, the present exchanges,
parmutation and cession made without
other exchange money or return of either
part and of the said parties text eaten by
ratsl convey all rights of property one of
the parties to the other, and have appoint
ed their domicil the said Jean Baptiste
Lalande in his house in Caskaskias, and
the said Henry Biron in the house ceded to
him by Lalande.
Done and passed at Fort Chartres in
presence of NM. de Boisbriant, de Lalvere,
des Ursins, Chaffin and de st. Giles, in
the hall of the Provincial Council of Ill-
nois, the 11th of April, 17.4, at eleven
O'Clock in the morning. Said Lalande
said he did not know how to write when
required to that effect according to law.
ISienedl Henry Biron Boisbriant, des
Ursins, Chaffin, de Lalvere, de st. ellis.
!, undersigned, do certify the present
copy conform to the original.
BAFFREAU DE B sLLrGRADE, Mr..
i, Pierre Duque de Boisbriant. Knight of
of the military Order of st. Louis, First
Lieutenant for the King of Louisiana,
Commander in Illinois, and Marc Antoine
Delavere des Ursins, First Councillor to
the Provincial Council of Louisiana, prin-
cipal clerk OF the Royal Company of India
in said place, do hereby GER ify to all whom
it may pertain that Mr.. Nicholas Buffreau
de Bellegrade fulfils the functions of a
notary in Illinois, and that the deeds
created by him are valuable, and we have
signed the presents and to them affixed the
seal of our arms at Fort Chartres, the lIth
April, 1724.
IL. s.. BoIsBRIANr.
L. s. DES URSINS.
Here fellows the ratification executed by
de Beaubois, Jesuit, of Catherine wife of
Jean Baptiste Lalande. TOO much altered
by rats to be transla1ed.l
We, Undersigned, do certify that De
Beaubois, of tho Societe of Jesus, fuIfils
the curial functions at Caskaskias, at Fort
Chartres, this 10Th of April, 1924.
BoIsBRIANr,
DEs URsINs.