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back of it; and the second may do the same, and so on from the third to the fourth, &c.: this gives the last assignee a right against all the antecedent parties.

Note 2.-A note may be assigned either before it becomes due or afterwards. When assigned before it is due, no circumstances existing between the antecedent parties will in any wise affect the assignee: when assigned after it is due, the assignee receives the note subject to all the equitable rights existing between the said parties.

Note 3.-A sealed note is not debarred by the statute of limitation, and is paid in the settlement of a decedent's estate in preference to a note without a seal.

Notice from a Landlord to a Tenant.

SIR,-Being in possession of a certain house and lot of ground, with the appurtenances, belonging to me, situate in the township of Sadsbury, in the county of Chester, which was demised to you by me, for the term of one year, which said term will expire and terminate on the first day of April, I hereby notify you that it is my desire to have again and repossess the said premises, and I do hereby demand and require you to leave the same.

Witness my hand this first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

Mr. Isaac Bear.

$400.

JOHN RIGG.

New Italy, October 17, 1835.

Sixty days after sight, pay to Lemuel Hastings, or order, this my first bill of exchange for Four Hundred Dollars, (second, third and fourth, of the same tenor and date, not being paid,) for value received, without further advice from Your humble servant,

To James Platt, Esq. Philadelphia.

LEWIS JOHNS.

Proxy to vote for Directors of the Bank of the United States. Know all men by these presents, that I, Samuel Dale, of Chester county, have constituted, appointed, and do hereby constitute and appoint John Cope, of Philadelphia, to be my

true and lawful substitute and proxy for me, and in my name to vote at any election for Directors of the Bank of the United States, or any other question that may be put, at a stated or special meeting of the stockholders of the said bank, as full as I might or could do if present. Witness my hand this first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

Assignment of a Bond or Bill.

I do hereby assign and set over all my right, title, claim, interest, property and demand whatsoever, in and to the within bond, (or bill,) unto David Haines, for value received. Witness my hand and seal, this first day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

JOHN CRABB. Note.-Assignments must be made under the hand and seal of the assignor, and in the presence of two or more credible witnesses.

Common and Judgment Bond.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Henry Painter, of the township of Earl and county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, am held and firmly bound unto Benjamin Linville of the township of Salisbury, in the County and State aforesaid, in the sum of two thousand dollars, lawful money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Benjamin Linville, or to his certain attorney, executors, administrators or assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, and every of them, firmly, jointly, and severally by these presents. Sealed with my seal; dated the first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden Henry Painter, his heirs, executors, administrators, or any of them, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, unto the above named Benjamin Linville, or to his certain attorney, executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of one thousand dollars, like money as aforesaid, on or before the first day of April next ensuing the date hereof, with lawful interest, without any fraud or further delay;

then the above obligation to be void, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

[The above is the Common Bond; and the Judgment Bond will be completed by attaching to it the following:]

And further, I do hereby empower any attorney of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, or any other Court of Record of Pennsylvania or elsewhere, to appear for me, and after one or more declarations filed for the above penalty, thereupon to confess judgment or judgments, as of last, next, or any subsequent term, with stay of execution until the day of payment herein before contained, with release of errors, &c.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Assignment of a Bond.

FOR a valuable consideration, to me in hand paid by Henry Seymour, I do hereby assign and set over the within obligation and all the moneys due thereon, unto the said Henry Seymour, his heirs and assigns. And in case the same cannot be recovered of Henry Painter, the obligor within named, then I promise and agree to pay the amount hereof with all charges thereupon accruing, unto the said Henry Seymour, his heirs and assigns. Witness my hand and seal, this first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.

BENJAMIN LINVILLE.

For a Bond mislaid or lost.

The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas Henry Painter, in and by a certain obligation, bearing date on or about the first day of August, became bound unto Benjamin Linville in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, which said bond is since lost or mislaid. And whereas the said Henry Painter hath fully satisfied and paid the sum of One Thousand Dollars, with its interest, due on the said obligation, the re ceipt whereof the said Benjamin Linville doth hereby ac

knowledge, and thereof, and from every part thereof, and all actions, suits and demands concerning the same, doth acquit and forever discharge the said Henry Painter, his heirs, executors and administrators, by these presents. If, therefore, the said Benjamin Linville, his heirs, executors and administrators shall and do deliver up the said obligation, when it shall be found, to the said Henry Painter, his heirs, executors and administrators, to be cancelled; and until the same shall be so delivered up and cancelled, shall save, defend, keep harmless, and indemnify the said Henry Painter, his heirs, executors and administrators, and his and their goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of and from the said obligation, and of and from all actions, suits, payments, costs, charges and damages, for or by reason thereof. Witness my hand and seal, the third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

Sealed and delivered in presence of

BENJAMIN LINVILLE.

Indenture of an Apprentice.

This Indenture witnesseth, that James Long, of the township of Lower Makefield, in the county of Bucks, son of Francis Long, by and with the consent of his father, as testified by his signing as a witness hereunto, hath put himself, and by these presents doth voluntarily, and of his own free will and accord, put himself apprentice to Samuel Downs, of the same place, Blacksmith, to learn his art, trade and mystery, and after the manner of an apprentice to serve him from the day of the date hereof, for and during the full end and term of four years and two months, next ensuing. During all which term the apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve, his secrets keep, his lawful commands every where gladly obey. He shall do no damage to his said master, nor see it done by others, without letting, or giving notice thereaf to his said master. He shall not waste his said master's goods, nor lend them unlawfully to any. With his own goods, nor the goods of others, without license from his said master, he shall neither buy nor sell. He shall not absent himself day nor night from his said master's service without his leave; nor haunt ale-houses, taverns or play-houses; but in all things behave himself as a faithful apprentice ought to

do, during the said term. And the said master shall use the utmost of his endeavors to teach or cause to be taught or instructed the said apprentice, in the trade or mystery of a Blacksmith; and procure for him sufficient meat, drink, apparel, lodging and washing fitting for an apprentice, during the said term of four years and two months, and give him within the said term six months' schooling, one-half thereof is to be in the last year of the said term; and when he is free, to give him two suits of clothing, one whereof is to be entirely new. And for the performance of all and singular the covenants and agreements aforesaid, the said parties bind themselves each unto the other, firmly, by these presents. In witness whereof, the said parties have set their hands and seals hereunto-Dated the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Sealed and delivered in the

presence of

Francis Long.

Assignment of an Apprentice.

JAMES LONG.

Know all men by these presents, that I, the within named Samuel Downs, for divers good causes and considerations, have assigned and set over, and by these presents, as far as I lawfully may or can do, assign and set over the within Indenture, and the apprentice therein named, unto Isaac How, his heirs and assigns. He and they performing all and singular the covenants therein contained on my part and behalf to be done, kept and performed, and indemnifying me from the same. Witness my hand and seal the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

Witness present.

Lease of a Farm.

SAMUEL DOWNS.

This Indenture, made the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, between Jacob Lamb, jr. of the township of West Cain, in the county of Chester, and state of Pennsylvania, yeoman, of the one part, and Isaac Ward, of Sadsbury township, county and state aforesaid, yeoman, of the other part, witnesseth, that

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