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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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sold, transferred, and delivered and by these presents doth grant bargain, sell 
transfer, and deliver unto the said John M. Hanson, his executors Administrators 
and assigns forever his certain Negro Slaves, following that is 
to say Sampson aged about twenty four years Katy aged about Eighteen 
years and Bob aged about ten years with the future issue and 
increase of the said female Slave.  To have and to hold the said Slaves and 
the future increase and issue of the female Slave unto the said John M. 
Hanson his executors administrators and assigns forever, in trust never
theless and to and for the special uses  purposes and intents, hereinafter 
mentioned, that is to say, that the said John M. Hanson his executors 
or administrators shall cause the said Negro Slaves to be sold in front of 
the court house in the City of St. Augustine to the highest bidder for cash 
at Public Auction on any day he may think proper in the month 
of January One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three after 
the tenth day of said month provided the said Gad Humphreys or 
his executors or administrators shall not have paid and satisfied in 
full the debts owing by him as herein above specified and shall not 
have produced to the said John M. Hanson his executors or administrators 
satisfactory evidence of the payment of said debts on or before the first 
day of January One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and 
provided also that public notice posted at the aforesaid court house 
or published in the newspaper of St. Augustine of the time and place 
of the sale of the said negroes, shall have been given for at least one week 
previous to the said sale, and thatfirst from the proceeds 
of the sale of the said Negroes the said John M. Hanson his executors 
or administrators shall reimburse to himself or themselves all such costs 
charges & damages as he or they may or shall have been put to or have 
received by reason of the aforementioned  assignment and the and the relin
quishment thereof by the said John M. Hanson and that secondly from 
the proceeds of the sale of the said Negroes the said John M. Hanson 
shall immediately pay and discharge the aforesaid debts or such part 
thereof as shall be unpaid or owing as aforesaid by the said Gad 
Humphreys together with the expenses incurred in carrying into efect 
Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr 10 December 2002
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