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Daniel A. Piper & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
Contract
Arthur S Brockenbrough Proctor acting for and in behalf of the University of Va on the one
part and Daniel A Piper & Mary A. F. his Wife on the other part, Witnesseth--that Daniel A.
& Mary A. F. his wife having made a deed on this 8th day of October 1824 to the said
Arthur S as proctor of the University of Va for a small parcel of Land adjacent to the lands
of the University of Va containing four acres & four hundredth parts of an acre, for which
the said Daniel A & Mary his Wife is to be paid the sum of four hundred & twenty four
dollars & twenty cents and by covenant in the said deed the said proctor is to consent (if the
legal Authorities shall so determine & order) that the present road shall be discontinued, and
shall be established along the line now described as the future boundary between the lands
of the University & the remaining lands of Daniel A & Mary his Wife & that the said
proctor will admit a breadth of thirty feet within and adjacent to the said lines on the south
side thereof to be occupied & established as the bed of the public road--the aforesaid parties
farther agree if the legal Authorities will not agree to the aforesaid alteration in the road,
then the deed for the aforesaid parcel of Land shall be void provided the said Daniel A &
Mary A. F. his Wife will repay to the said Arthur S, or his successor the aforesaid four
hundred & twenty four dollars 20/100 cents with interest from the above date untill paid--
Witness our hands & seals this day & year before written
Witness Arthur S Brockenbrough (Seal)
Ira Garrett Daniel A Piper (Seal)
DS, in ASB's writing, ViU:PP, 1p, with ASB docket "Contract A. S Brockenbro' Proct: & D.
A. Piper 8 Oct 1824."
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