whereof the parties of the first part have hereunto subscribed
their names and affixed their Seals, the day and year first
above written.
Signed sealed and delivered } Charles W. Brush   (seal)
in presence of              } Julia A. Van Ness  (seal)
       Pelham W. Ames       } by C.W. Brush her
          A.L. Dennis       }    Atty in fact.

State of California            }  S.S.
City & County of San Francisco }       Be it Known that before the
undersigned a Commissioner appointed by the Governor of
the State of Florida and duly commissioned and qualified
to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State of Californ
ia that are to be recorded in the said State of Florida
personally appeared Charles W. Brush well Known to me to
be a party grantor named in and who executed the fore
going Deed. And in his own name and also in the name
of the above named grantor Julia A. Van Ness acknow
ledged in due form of law the above deed to be his own
act and deed, and the act and deed of the said Julia
A. Van Ness by him the said Charles W. Brush done
and executed by virtue of a letter of Attorney to him
for that purpose granted by the said Julia A. Van
Ness to the end that the same as such might be recorded
and further that said letter of Attorney is duly recorded in
the Clerks office of Alachua County in said State of Florida
in Book "L" page 847 &c
                  In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
    (  )          my name and attach my official seal this
  ( seal )        Third day of August A.D. One Thousand
    (  )          Eight hundred and eighty two.
                     Pelham W. Ames
                  Commissioner of Deeds for Florida residing at
                     San Francisco California.
Recorded May 7th 1883.
J.A. Carlisle  Clerk
      pr Geo H. Rich DC.

          United States to Heirs of Joseph Thompson
                         Patent
The United States of America To All to whom these
presents shall come, Greeting: Homestead Certificate No.
1570 Application 5725. Whereas There has been deposited
in the General Land Office of the United States a Cer
tificate of the Register of the Land Office at Gainesville
Florida whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act of
Congress approved 20th May 1862 To secure Homestead
to actual Letters on the Public Domain and the acts sup