Two thousand Acres of Land , which he selects, without injury to a third 
person, as it is well known to the Government, the services which he says 
he has rendered, and for his security let there be given him, from the Secretarys 
Office a certified copy of this memorial and decree in the usual form _
				Coppinger

I, Antonio Alvarez Keeper of the Public Archives of East Florida do 
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct translation of the Original 
in the Spanish Language on file in my Office
(Seal)		Witness my hand and Seal of Office at the City of 
St. Augustine, Territory of Florida this nineteenth day of April A.D. One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty six
				Antonio Alvarez
Recorded this 4th April 1840	     K P A
	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 fifteen 
hundred Dollars to me in hand paid by Leigh Read of Leon County in 
said Territory the receipt whereof, I do hereby confess & Acknowledge 
have granted, bargained, Sold, Aliened, and conveyed, and by these presents 
Do grant, bargain, sell, Alien, and convey, to the said Leigh Read and to 
his heirs and assigns forever, Fifteen hundred Acres of Land, being part 
and parcel of a tract of Two thousand Acres ceded by the Spanish Government 
to one Don Jose Simeon Sanchez as discribed in said Cession as 
being situate on the Santafe River, bounded on the West by Lands of Don 
Francisco Roman Sanchez, and on the other side by said River an 
exemplified copy of which Cession is herewith delivered,  To have and 
to hold the said Lands, and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the 
said Leigh Read his heirs and assigns forever _
	And I do hereby Covenant and gree to and with 
the said Leigh Read, that the said premises in his quiet and peace
able possession against any person lawfully claiming or to claim 
the same, I will forever Warrant and defend.  In Testimony