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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made and concluded on this seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty by and between Andrew Booth of Pymatuning Township, Mercer County and State of Pennsylvania of the one part & William Booth of the same place of the other part.
 
Witnesseth that the said Andrew Booth for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars to him in hand paid by the said William Booth. The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted, bargained, & sold & by these presents doth grant, bargain & sell unto the said William Booth fifty acres of land off the Northeast corner of the land he the said Andrew now lives on including his improvement, which said fifty acres I bind myself, my heirs, executors, administrators & assigns to make unto the said William a complete title on five years from this date. The said Andrew doth also by these presents give unto the said William all his right, title, interest & claim to fifty one acres and eleven perches more adjoining the above on the South with the said William paying unto the said Andrew all the taxes which have occurred on the same since he the said Andrew settled on the same land & the lines which this day have been run to the boundaries of the said two pieces which pieces includes one hundred and one acres & eleven perches and if the said Andrew should purchase the warrant of the tract of land of which the above is a part he the said Andrew is to exact no more from him the said William for the fifty one acres and eleven perches only at the rate per unit acre for which he purchases whatever may be contained in the said warrant & the said William doth covenant & agree to pay unto the said Andrew at the time he makes his payment or payments for the land contained in the said warrant a dividend in proportion to the land which the said warrant may cover & for the true performance of all & singular the above agreements we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators & assigns each to the other his executors, administrators & assigns in the penal sum of one thousand dollars lawful money of the United States.
In witness whereof we have hereunto interchangeably set our hands and seals the day & year above written.

Sealed & Delivered in the                                                   Andrew Booth       Seal
presence of Allen Dunn                                                        William Booth       Seal

Received of William Booth this seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred & twenty one. One hundred & fifty dollars the consideration money above mentioned in full inclusive of the taxes.
                                                                                                 Andrew Booth     Seal
Mercer County, Pa
Before me one of the Justices of the Peace
(Source: Frank L Booth Family History Collection)


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