Agreement between David Meade and John May, 1 March 1780.
Item
Title
Agreement between David Meade and John May, 1 March 1780.
Description
John May's letter to Samuel Beall containing a 1 March 1780 agreement between May and Meade making him a quarter interest in 100,000 acres, purchased by May and Beall.
Creator
Source
Beall-Booth Family Papers, 1778-1953, Filson Historical Society
Date
Contributor
Beall, Samuel
Relation
bmf0069
Type
Identifier
Mss. A B365 1,20 22, 53 55, 62-63
Text
Page 1
[1 March 1780]
I do hereby admit David Meade a partner
with Robert Morris, Samuel Beall and myself
to be one fourth part Interested in the one hundred
thousand acres of Land purchased from the State by us
on the 15th of October last past in consideration of
Fifty three thousand four hundred and eighty three
pounds of Crop Tobacco to be paid at the ware
houses of Petersburg and Richmond on or before
the 1st day of March 1781, and of one fourth part
of the Expenses attending the said partnership, he
also making me a reasonable allowance for my
trouble therein according to his share in the partnership,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 1st day of March 1780.
Signed, [struck: David Mead]
Jno. May
Teste.
S. Waters
[Jenny] Ruffin }
(Copy)
Page 2
John May to
David Meade
1st March 1780
[1 March 1780]
I do hereby admit David Meade a partner
with Robert Morris, Samuel Beall and myself
to be one fourth part Interested in the one hundred
thousand acres of Land purchased from the State by us
on the 15th of October last past in consideration of
Fifty three thousand four hundred and eighty three
pounds of Crop Tobacco to be paid at the ware
houses of Petersburg and Richmond on or before
the 1st day of March 1781, and of one fourth part
of the Expenses attending the said partnership, he
also making me a reasonable allowance for my
trouble therein according to his share in the partnership,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 1st day of March 1780.
Signed, [struck: David Mead]
Jno. May
Teste.
S. Waters
[Jenny] Ruffin }
(Copy)
Page 2
John May to
David Meade
1st March 1780
Collection
Citation
May, John, “Agreement between David Meade and John May, 1 March 1780.,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 25, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5182.