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KNOW all Men by these Presents,
That I Appleton Prentiss of Boston in the County of
Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Merchant
in Consideration of Sixty-two Pounds ten Shillings - lawful Money,
paid by Benjamin Baley of said Boston Baker -
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said
Benjamin Baley his heirs, Executors, and Assigns a certain
Lott of Land lying on Buttolph Street at the Westerly
part of said Boston there ?measuring? on said Street twenty
seven feet then turning and running Easterly on land
of said Prentiss Sixty feet more or less until it comes
to a new Street laid out of thirty feet breadth - then turning
and running Northerly on said Street Twenty Seven feet -
then turning and running Westerly on Land of
said Prentiss there measuring Sixty Six feet (more or
less) until it reaches said Buttolph Street.
TO HAVE and to HOLD the afore-granted Premises to the said Benjamin Baley
his --- Heirs and Assigns to his --- Use and Behoof forever.
And I do covenant with the said Benjamin Baley ---
his --- Heirs and Assigns that I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That
they are free of Incumbrances; That I have good Right to sell and convey the same to the
said Benjamin Baley ---
And that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Benjamin Baley
his --- Heirs and Assigns, forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.
In Witness whereof, I the said Appleton Prentiss together with
Silence my Wife in token of her consent to this ?bargain?
[*** damaged at fold ***]
have hereunto set our hands and seals this Twenty Third Day
of July --- in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety four ---
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in Presence of us,
James Cooper Appleton Prentiss [seal]
Wm McLeary
Silence Prentiss [seal]
Sufolk
s. Boston July 23d --- 1794 THEN the above-
acknowledged
named Appleton Prentiss ----
the above Instrument to be his free Act and Deed--before me, James Cooper / Justice of the
\ Peace.
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