Another form of a note.

I promise to pay to STEPHEN S. SMITH, or order one hundred dollars, on demand, with interest after ninety days, for value received at Exeter this first day of April, A. D. 1814. Witness my hand. A. HILTON.

$100.00

Form of a note given by two or more persons jointly & severally, Exeter, April 1, 1814. For value received we the subscribers promise jointand severally to pay to ANDREW GERRISH, or order one thousand dollars in one year from the date, with interest. Witness our hands.

JAMES RUSH.
THOMAS SUTTON.

$1000

OF RECEIPTS.

The form of a receipt for money received on account.

Exeter, April 10, 1814 Received of ISAAC SEWALL Sixty eight dollars on ac LEMUEL LOVEJOY.

compt.

The form of a receipt for an endorsement on a note..

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Exeter, April 10, 1814. Received from DAVID GOODHUE one hundred and eighty dollars, by the hand of JAMES OSGOOD which is endorsed on his note of June 12, 1813. W. SHUTE.

it to A. (or any one else) then A who buys the note may call on Nathan Promisewell for the payment of the same, and if he is unable, or neglects to pay it, A may recover the same of J. B. If the note were written to pay Josiah Butts, or bearer then any person may recover the same of NATHAN PROMISE

WELL.

Further observations concerning notes.

All notes are either payable on demand, or at a certain time mentioned in the note; all notes payable at a certain time are on interest as soon as they become due, although interest is not mentioned in the note; a note payable on demand, will draw interest after a demand of payment is made, if interest is not mentioned in the note. If a note is given for any commodity,

The form of a receipt in full of all accounts*.

Exeter, April 10, 1814.

Received of STEPHEN HAMMONS Six dollars in full of

all accounts.

JOHN W. GILMAN, Jr.

The form of a receipt in full of all demands.

Exeter, April 10, 1814.

Received of LEMUEL OSGOOD six dollars in full of alldemands to this date...

ENOCH OSGOOD.

OF ORDERS.†

Exeter, March 10, 1810..

For value received pay to STEPHEN HINGHAM ten. dollars and place the same to my account.

To Mr. ALFRED GOODPAY.

ABNER DREW..

Another form.

Exeter, April 10, 1814.

For value received pay NATHAN LIVINGSTON six dollars, and this with his receipt shall be your discharge. To Mr. STEPHEN SKINNER. LEMUEL NEEDY.

as corn, lumber, &c. payable at the expiration of a certain time, and the signer of said note does not hold the article ready, or does not pay it at the time it is demanded, the holder of the note is not obliged to take the article, but may demand, and recover the value of the article in money.

*There is a distinction to be made between a receipt given in full of all accounts, and one given in full of all demands; the former will cut off accounts only, but the latter will cut off all obligations, and prohibit the right of an action,

The words For value received, should always be mentioned in an order, then if A should give B an order on C for a certain sum of money, and C should not except the order, B could sue, A for the order, and recover the same, as well as if it had been a note of band. *

OF DEEDS.

Form of a Warrantee Deed.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, WILLIAM TRUSTY of Exeter, County of Rockingham, State of New-Hampshire, Gentleman, in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars, paid me by Willian Hadley of the same Exeter, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said William Hadley his heirs and assigns forever (here insert the premises, particularly describing the town, county and state where the land lies, and describing the boundaries, on whom joining,c.) To have and hold the said granted and bargained premises with the privileges, and appurtenances thereof, to him the said WILLIAM HADLEY, his heirs and assigns forever. And I the said WILLIAM TRUSTY for myself my heirs, Executors, and Administrators, do covenant with the said WILLIAM HADLEY, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all incumbrance; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said WILLIAM HAD LEY to hold as aforesaid.

And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said WILLIAM HADLEY, his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.*

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of April A. D. 1814.

*

Signed Sealed and delivered

in presence of us

NATHAN LOVEJOY.
SAMUEL LANGLEY.

WILLIAM TRUSTY. LS

OF MORTGAGE DEEDS.

A mortgage deed is written the same as a warrantee Deed until you come to the word whomsoever; then the proviso or condition of the mortgage should follow, in the following form,. viz.

Provided nevertheless, that if I the said WILLIAM TRUSTY my heirs executors, or administrators shall well and truly pay to the said WILLIAM HADLEY his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns the full and

A

just sum of dollars on or before the

day of

next (or which will be in the year of our Lord—————) with interest for the same until paid, then this deed (as also a certain bond, or note as the case may be bearing even date with these presents, given by me to the said WILLIAM HADLEY conditioned to pay the same sum and interest at the time aforesaid) shall be void; otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue. In witness whereof I have &c.

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The form of a Quitclaim Deed.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, TIMOTHY NEEDY Of Exeter County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, yeoman, in consideration of four hundred dollars to me paid by FARNUM CADIT of Warren, County of Grafton, State of New-Hampshire, Gentleman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acnowledge, have remissed, released and forever quitclaimed, and do by these presents remiss, release and forever quitclaim unto the said FARNUM CADIT his heirs and assigns forever (here the premises must be described; and the description should always point out where the land lies, on whom it is joining, the length of the lines and the point of compass they run should be mentioned) to have and hold the same together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to him the said FARNUM CADIT, his heirs and assigns forever.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of April A. D. 1814.

Signed Sealed and delivered

in presence of us

WILLIAM STEBINS.

NICHOLAS WILLIAMS.

TIMOTHY NEEDY. (

General form of an Agreement.

LS

Articles of agreement made and concluded the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, by and between THOMAS SMITH of Exeter, County of Rockingham, State of New-Hampshire on one part, and AARON WATKINS of Warren County of Grafton, State of New-Hampshire on the other part, witnesseth,

That the said THOMAS SMITH for the consideration of one hundred dollars worth of harness leather, to be paid

by AARON WATKINS as hereafter mentioned hath agreed and doth hereby covenant and agree to make, or cause to be made a good and warranted chaise with standing top, every part of which shall be made and finished in a good and workmanlike manner, together with a good plate harness well made and every way suitable for a good chaise; which chaise and harness the said THOмAS SMITH doth hereby agree to have made and ready to be delivered to said WATKINS on the sixteenth day of August next.

And the said AARON WATKINS on his part doth here by covenant and agree to pay, or cause to be paid one hundred dollars worth of harness leather suitably tanned and curried, on the sixteenth day of August next delivered at Exeter.

To the true and faithful performance of the several covenants and agreements aforesaid, the parties aforesaid do hereby respectively bind themselves and their respective heirs, executors, and administrators each to to the other, his executors and administrators in the penal sum of. in testimony whereof they have hereunto interchangeably* set their hands and seals the day and year above written.

Memorandum of an agreement made this tenth day of April, A, D. 1814, between HENRY S. HALE of Ex

afd

*If the word, interchangeably is used each party must have a draught of the agreement which is the proper method; and the draught that THOMAS SMITH has, must be signed by AARON WATKIN's first; and the one which AARON WATKIN's has, THOMAS SMITH must sign first.