Daniel A. Piper & Mary A. Frances Piper
& Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
Agreement
[22 September 1824]
Articles of agreement made & entered into this 22d. of September 1824 between Arthur S.
Brockenbrough proctor of the university of the one part & Daniel A. Piper & Frances his
wife of the other part witnesseth--that the Said Daniel & Frances his Wife hath contracted
with the Said Brockenbrough for the Sale of a parcel of land lying & being in the County of
Albemarle Near the university of virginia & bounded as followeth beginning at the west
Corner between the university & the said Piper thence a straight line untill it gets opisite the
estern street of the university. to a corner and at the distance of fifty five yards from the
present line between the university and the said Piper. thence a straight line to John
Gorman's thence runing with the line between the university & the said piper to the
beginning upon the following terms & Conditions to wit. the said Brockenbrough for & in
be half of the university of Virginia agrees to pay the Said Daniel A. Piper & Frances his
wife the sum of one hundred & five dollars per acre for all the land Contained in the above
boundry, when the Daniel & Frances bind them selves their heirs & assigns to Convey to the
sd. Brockenbrough proctor of the university of virginia or his successor in office a good &
sufficent deed to the land aforesaid--it is understood betwen the Contracting parties that the
public road is to run on the line next to the remaing part of the land belonging to the sd.
Piper & Frances his wife so that the front lots belonging to them shall be on the public road
given under our hands & seals the date above written
Witness D A Piper (Seal)
John M Perry Mary A. F. Piper (Seal)
DS, in John M. Perry's writing, ViU:PP, 1p, with ASB docket "Contract D. A. Piper with
Proctor of the U.Va 1824 22 Sept." For the consummation of this agreement, see the Pipers'
contract and deed of 8 October.
