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       State of Florida }
       Alachua County   } This Indenture made this 13th day of November
       A.D. 1855 between Rueben S. Stoughton and Mrs Harriet W______
       Faulkner: Witnesseth that I Rueben S. Stoughton of Mica-
       nopy for the sum of One hundred dollars to me in hand
       paid, whereof this is the receipt, have sold bargained and
       conveyed and by these presents do hereby sell bargain &
       convey to the said Harriet W. Faulkner, One half acre of
       land bounded as follows: Commencing Eighty three
       feet from the North West corner of a lot owned by McIntosh
       & Powell and running North one hundred and five feet (105)
       thence running East two hundred and ten feet (210) thence
       running south one hundred and five feet (105) thence run-
       ning west two hundred & ten feet (210) to the point of beginning
       the front of said lot being bounded by the street running
       North.   The said Grantor conveys said lot, and the said
       and her assigns
       purchaser^receives said lot on the following conditions to wit;
       That is to say the said grantee and her assigns in perpe
       tuity, shall not vend on said premises any ardent spirits
       in less quantities than one quart, and they agree that
       on forfeiture of said conditions, said premises shall
       return to said grantor and his heirs. To have and 
       to hold said premises with all rights, appurtenances
       thereunto for the benefit of Harriet W. Faulkner her heirs and
       assigns, the title whereof I will warrant and defend
           In Witness whereof I hereby set my hand and
       seal this 13th day of November 1855
       Signed Sealed and delivered }
       in presence of              } Reuben S. Stoughton (LS)
         B.W. Powell               }
         J.L. McClintock           }
                                   }
       State of Florida }
       Alachua County   } Know all men by these presents that I
       Elizabeth Stoughton of Micanopy do hereby relinquish my
       right of Dower in the certain parcel of land conveyed by
       the foregoing Deed by Reuben S. Stoughton to Mrs Harriet W. Faulkner
            Witness my hand and seal this 13th day of November 1855
          B.W. Powell
        J.L. McClintock
                        Know all men by these presents that I Eliz-
       abeth Stoughton wife of Reuben S. Stoughton hereby acknowledge
       that the above relinquishment of dower was made by me
       freely and without any constraint by my said husband

                                            E. Stoughton (LS)
       I certify that the above acknowledgment was made by
       Elizabeth Stoughton separate and apart from Reuben
       S. Stoughton her husband            John H. Cosby
State of Florida }                    Justice of the peace
Alachua County   } Personally appeared before me this 13th day of 
                 November 1855, Reuben S. Stoughton to me well known, who ac-
       knowledged that he executed the above instrument for the purposes
       therein set forth                              John H. Cosby
          Recorded Dec 17th 1855 } L. Wilson Clk         Justice of the peace
Transcribed by Charlotte Vallellanes 5 November 2015
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