Whereas by an agreement made on the 26th
day of September One thousand Eight hundred
and forty three on the Island called Cedar
Key, in the County of Alachua, in the Territory
of Florida between Augustus Steele and John
Loud, both of said Island, County and Territory
aforesaid, it is among other things therein
stipulated that the said Augustus Steele was bound
unto the said John Loud his heirs and assigns, to
transfer assign and set over all that store or Ware
House now or late in occupancy of Weise and
formerly by the Commissary of the United States
for the storage of provisions & the said Store or Ware
House being in dimensions about forty feet by
one hundred feet and situated on said Key
And whereas the said Steele obtained by permit
issued under the law for the armed occupation of
said Territory the said store or Warehouse with
other the buildings on said Island as pertaining
to the soil. But notwithstanding which the Government
of the United States, through the Quarter
Master General of the same, by Lieut. I.G.
Burbank * asst. Quarter Master U.S.A.
did sell at the day of the date of said recited agreement
to the highest bidders the Store or Warehouse before
referred to, as well as the other the late Public
Buildings there on said Island of which the
said Augustus Steel became the purchaser
and received from the same a Bill of sale
of the said * asst. Quarter Master, U.S.A.
by which by which the title in and to the said
Store or Warehouse became fully and absolutely
legally and equitably vested in said
Augustus Steele his heirs and assigns
Now Know Ye that the said Augustus
Steele for and in consideration
of the sum of Five Dollars lawful silver
money of the United States to him in |