East quarter of the North West quarter of Section Sixteen in Township Ten
South of Range Fifteen East, Containing Forty 03/100 Acres and lying and
being in the County of Alachua in said State of Florida, To have and to hold
the said lands unto the said John E. Mathews and his heirs and assigns forever
In Testimony whereof The members of said Board have hereunto subscribed their
Names and affixed their seals and have Caused the seal of the "Florida State
Land office" to be hereunto affixed at the Capitol in the City of Tallahassee on
this the Twenty third day of December AD Eighteen hundred and Eighty five
      (  )                             A.J. Russell            (seal)
    ( Seal )                           Supt of Pub Instruction
      (  )                             Jno L. Crawford         (seal)
                                       Secretary of State
                                          C.M. Cooper          (seal)
                                            Attorney General
Filed for Record January 21st 1891 Recorded January 22nd 1891
                                       J.A. Carlisle  Clerk
                                       pr E.C. Wimberly DC
United States }
   to         }  Patent (4,404)
Mary A. Smith }    
Certificate No 1566 } The United States of America, To all to whom these presents 
shall Come Greeting, Whereas Mary A. Smith widow of William F. Smith deceased
of Alachua County Florida has deposited in the General Land office of the United 
States a Certificate of the Register of the Land office at Gainesville Florida 
whereby it appears that Full Payment has been made by the said Mary A. 
Smith according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 
1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public 
Lands" and the acts supplemental thereto for the North half of the North East 
quarter of Section Nine in Township Ten South of Range Fifteen East 
of Tallahassee Meridian in Florida, Containing one hundred and Twenty
one acres and twenty four hundredths of an acre, according to the official 
Plat of the Survey of the said lands returned to the General Land Office by the 
Surveyor General which said tract has been purchased by the said Mary A. 
Smith, Now Know Ye That the United States of America in Consideration of the 
premises, and in Conformity with the several Acts of Congress in such Case 
made and provided Have given and granted and by these presents Do 
Give and grant unto the said Mary A. Smith and to her heirs the said 
Tract above described To have and to hold the same together with all 
the rights privileges immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature 
thereunto belonging unto the said Mary A. Smith and to her heirs and assigns 
forever, In testimony whereof I Chester A. Arthur President of the United 
States of America have Caused these letters to be made Patent and the seal of 
the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed, Given under my hand at 
the City of Washington the twentieth day of December in the year of our 
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and eighty two and of the Independence 
of the United States the one hundred and Seventh
               By the President Chester A. Arthur

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