the Said land and premises and every part thereof with the
appurtenances unto the said Henry G. Marquand his heirs
and assigns forever as fully and absolutely as we the said
Parties of the first part as Commissioners aforesaid might could
or ought to sell and convey the same.
In witness whereof we, the Parties of the first part have hereto
set our hands and seals this 1st day of April in the year 1853
Signed sealed and         }                    Geo M. Payne  (Seal)
delivered in presence of  }
I.H. Bronson              }
witness to the signatures }
of G.R. Fairbanks  &      }                    William A. Forward  (Seal)
P.B. Dumas  witness     
to all the signatures
                        Circuit Court Clerk's Office
State of Florida     }
County of St. Johns  } S.S
                        I Peter B. Dumas Clerk of the Circuit
Court of St. Johns County in the Eastern Judicial Circuit of
the State of Florida do hereby certify that George Morton 
Payne, George R. Fairbanks and William A. Forward the
Signers and Sealers of the within Instrument severally acknow=
=ledged the Same to be their act and deeds for the uses and
purposes therein mentioned
                 And I further certify that the said George Morton
Payne, George R. Fairbanks and William A forward are
the Commisioners duly appointed and fully authorized by the Court
to execute Titles to the respective Purchasers of Land sold under
the decree relative to the Arredondo Grant. 
                 In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and
   ---------     affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of St Johns
  { Seal of }    County, at the City of St Augustine on the NInth
  {  Court  }    day of April A D Eighteen hundred and fifty three
   --------                               P. B. Dumas
                         Clerk C. C of   St. Johns County

          Recorded April 15th  1853
                                               Saml Russell 
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