Publication Date: 1810
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A legal document dated 1810 evidencing the lending of money. Partial transcription: "This indenture was made the 2nd day of June in the 50th year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George III by the grace of God---King, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten between Robert Mascall, Ashford, in the County of Kent, Esquire of the one part, and James Perry of Wolverhampton in the county of Stafford, Esquire, of the other part: Whereas the said James Perry at the request of the said Robert Mascall agreed to advance and lend him the sum of Three thousand Pounds upon having the repayment thereof with interest." (On the reverse): "Mortgage in fee for a serving Three Thousand pounds and interest Robert Mascall Esquire to James Perry Esquire. Sealed and delivered by the within named Robert Mascall being first duly stamped in the presence of Samuel Law servant to Mr. Jowett. Received the day and year first within written of and from the within named James Perry the sum of three thousand pounds, being the consideration money within mentioned to be paid by him to me." Signed Robert Mascall. Witnessed by Samuel Law and G. E. Jowett (?). Contains the seal of Mascall, a government stamp, and another seal in blue which may be the scrivener's seal. Size: 27 in. wide x 24 in. tall. Two horizontal folds and two vertical folds. Slight wear along the horizontal folds appears in the text. There is a slice to lower left hand side of the document; dusting and some slight staining on the outside (reverse of the text side).