Agreement with Ovid Pinney and Stephen Phillips, 14 March 1837

Article of an Agreement Made and entered into this Fourteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Seven between Joseph Smith Jr. Cashier of the Kirkland [Kirtland] Safety Society Bank or Kirkland Safety Society Anti Banking and President of the same —— by their Agent of the Town of County of Geauga —— and State of ohio of the first party And Ovid Pinney & Stephen Phillips of the Township of New Seweekly [New Sewickley] County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania of the Second part

—Witnesseth—

That the partys of the first part for and in consideration hereafter mentioned hath and doth agree that they will furnish of the Bills of the Kirkland Safety Soeciety Bank or Anti Banking the Sum of —— Forty Thousand Dollars to the Second party and let them have the same and put them in circulation for four Years from this date— Ten Thousand Dollars they are to have on Signing this agreement —— Ten Thousand Dollars as soon as they can get the first in circulation or within two months or at any time when Calld. for, <​and Twenty Thousand Dollars also when called for​> The two last Sums are to be called for at the Banking House in . And the party of the first part do further agree that they will alwais redeem the same money at their office in the Township of County of— Geauga— and State of ohio Whenever offered and pay Current Money for the same and that we <​they​> will at all times take our <​their​> own notes as paymen[t] for any debts that Pinney & Phillips are bound to us <​them​> for the payment off. And we do further agree with the Second party that all money marked for them when redeemed at our office we will let them have it again for circulation.

The second party doth agree with the first party that they will take their Bills and try to put them in circulation and at the expiration of the four Years we bind ourselves to pay to the Said party of the first [p. [1]]