This Indenture made the Eighth day of May in the year of Our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and Twenty three Between Pedro
Miranda of the City of St.. Augustine east Florida by Robert Halliday
Esq’r of the City of New York Merchant, his attorney in Fact substituted
as such by Joseph Delespine and Philo Andrews Attornies in fact to said
Miranda of the first part, and Enoch Wiswall of Wattertown, Middle
six County and commonweath of Massachusetts of the second part,
Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part for and in consideration
of the sum of twenty three thousand and forty Dollars lawful
money of the united States of America, to him in hand paid by the
said party of the second part, at or before the ensealing & delivery
of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and the
said party of the second part his heirs, Executors and Administrators for
ever released and discharged from the same by these presents
hath granted, bargained, Sold, released, conveyed and confirmed and
by these presents, doth grant, bargain, Sold, release, alien & confirm
unto the said party of the second part, in his actual possession now
being, and to heirs and assigns forever, all that certain Township or tract
of land of Six Miles square, containing twenty three thousand and forty
acres, the same more or less, Situated near the Hilsboro bay, on the
Western side of East Florida, being part and parcel of a grant of land
made to the said Pedro Miranda, by the late Government of said
Florida, in the year eighteen hundred and ten which township is marked
and numbered on a map of said tracts hereunto annexed as Township 9.
Together will all and singular, the hereditaments & appurtenances there
unto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and
reversions, remaindere and remainders, rents, issues & profits thereof, and
also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim or demand what
soever of the said party of the first part either in law or equity, of in and to
the above discribed premises, with the said hereditaments and appur
tenances, To have abd to hold the said premises above particularly
mentioned and discribed, and every part and parcel there of , with the
appurtenamces, of the said party of the first part his heirs & assigns the
sole and only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second
part, his heirs and assigns forever, And the said party of the first part
for himself, heirs, executors and Administrators, Doth covenant, grant,
promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs
and assigns, the above bargained premises, in the quiet and peacecable poss |