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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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          by these presents do grant bargain sell and convey
          as Such Trustees unto S.V. Finley, J.T. McMillan,
          James B. Brown, J.W. Childs, L.A. Barnes, and
          W.K. Cessna, as the present Board of Education
          of the East Florida Seminary, an institution for
          Educational Purposes located in said Town of Gainesville
          and their successors in office the following described
          real Estate to wit: All that certain lot, peice
          or parcel of Land together with the tenements, her-
          editaments, rights and appurtenances to the same
          belonging. Situated, lying and being in the Town of
          Gainesville County of Alachua in the State of Florida
          particularly described according to the legally
          accepted plats of said Town of Gainesville as the
          North half of Block Four (4) Range eight (8) in
          said Town of Gainesville Florida
                To Have and to Hold the same to them the said
          S.Y. Finley, J.T. McMillan, and James B. Brown, J.W.
          Childs, L.A. Barnes and W.K. Cessna as the present
          Board of Education of the East Florida Seminary at
          Gainesville and their and every of their Successors
          in office in fee simple forever.
          In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
          affix our seals this     day of March A.D. 1874
Signed, Sealed and delivered}  Stephen McCall, Trustee (LS)
          in presence of us }  James B. Dawkins, Trustee (LS)
             P.G. Snowden   }  James T. McMillan, Trustee (LS)
            O.A. Myers      }  

          State of Florida} Before me personally came O.A.
          Alachua County  } Myers who being duly sworn says on
          oath that he saw Stephen McCall, James B. Dawkins,
          & J.T. McMillan as Trustees sign seal and
          deliver the foregoing instrument of writing for
          the uses and purposes therein expressed and
          that he together with P.G. Snowden signed the
          same as subscribing witnesses thereto
          Sworn to and subscribed before me }    O.A. Myers
          this 14th day of March A.D. 1874  }
                                            }
                           Recorded Feby 26th 1875
                                          W.H. Belton
                                                    Clerk
Transcribed by Kaley Behl 31 December 2013
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