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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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Florida, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct extract 
from the Register of claims (Book A Page 96) of the Board of land 
Commissioners, which Register was transferred to this Office According to 
Law, by the Register and Receiver of the land Office, while acting as 
Land Commissioners, as part of the papers relative to private Land 
claims in East Florida Aforesaid ___
(Seal)		Witness my hand and Seal of Office at the City of 
St. Augustine Territory of Florida, this twenty third day of March 
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six __
			Antonio Alvarez
			    K P A
Recorded this 4th April 1840 by
	James McNeill D.C.
Know all men by these presents, that I William 
Marvin of Key West in the Territory of Florida for and in consideration 
of the Sum of three thousand five hundred Dollars the receipt whereof 
I do hereby Acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, and con
veyed, and by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell, alien, and convey 
to Leigh Read of Leon County in the Territory of Florida his heirs &
Assigns forever, Three thousand five hundred Acres of Land being part 
and parcel of a tract of four thousand Acres, Ceded by the Spanish 
Government to one Don Francisco Roman Sanchez, and is discribed in 
said Cession, as being situate about ten miles to the Westward of the 
Alachua Road leading to St. Marys, and is bounded on the North by 
the River Santafe, and on the other sides by Vacant Lands, an exemplified  
Copy of which Cession is herewith delivered   To have and to hold the said 
Lands, and the Appurtenances, thereunto belonging to the said Leigh 
Read his heirs and Assigns forever ___
		And I do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Leigh 
Read, that the said lands in the quiet and peaceable possession of him 
the said Leigh Read, against all persons lawfully claiming or to 
claim the same I will forever Warrant and defend ___
			In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my
Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr 9 June 2003
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