Bond to Chandler Rogers, 7 March 1840

NOW THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas, the said Joseph Smith Junr & have this day sold unto the said Chandler Rogers a certain lot of ground situated, lying and being in the county of — and State of , and described on the plat of the Town of as being Lot No. Two in Block No. nineteen—— and received in payment for said lot Six— notes of hand bearing even date herewith, for the sum of Five hundred—— dollars, and payable as follows.

The first for 30 dollars on demand

Now if the said Chandler Rogers his— heirs, executors, or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, the amount of said notes with such interest as may accrue thereon, according to the tenor and effect thereof, when due, we the said Joseph Smith Junr & bind ourselves— our heirs, executors and administrators, to make or cause to be made, to the said Chandler Rogers his heirs and assigns, a good and sufficient Deed for the above described lot at the expiration of Twenty years from the date hereof— and then this Bond to become null and void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Given under our hands and seals this Seventh— day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty——