Peter Lohra Notary Public for the Com[monwea]lth of Pennsylvania residing in the City of Philadelphia, by lawful authority duly commissioned and sworn, do hereby certify that the foregoing are true and [undecipherable] Copies of the Originals filed in the War Office of the United States. In testimony whereof, and that this said Copies may be of full Value from and [undecipherable], I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the [undecipherable] day of August 1795 [signed] Peter Lohra [undecipherable] [seal] [lower right notation:] Copy of Bond D.N^o. / Secretary of War / By [undecipherable] Know all Men by these presents that we Rufus Putnam Esq^r one of the Judges of the Western Territory, Manasseh Cutler Esq^r Doctor of Law^s Directors of the Ohio Company so called and Richard Platto Esq^r Treasurer of said Company, are held and firmly bound unto the Honorable Henry Knox Esq^r Secretary for the department of War of the United States, or to his Successor in Office in the Sum of Five thousand Dollars to be paid to the said Henry Knox Esq^r Secretary for the department of War of the United States or to his Successor in Office, for which payment to be well and truly made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally in our quality aforesaid as Directors and Treasurer of said Company firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals date this twenty third day of [undecipherable] in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety. The condition of this obligation is such, That Whereas the above Bounden Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler & Richard Platto have produced to the Secretary for the Department of War, certain Powers and documents which are entered on file in the War Office of the United States, executed by the several persons herein after named who are entitled to the quantities of Land for military bounties during the late war with Great Britain, amounting to each of their names viz: In the Agency of Manasseh Cutler: William Murfill ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres William Elsworth ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Ezachiel Cooper ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Peter Emery ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Aaron Martin ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Jonathan Gray ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Thomas ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thomas Martin ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Joseph Ball ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Ephraim Cutler: Captain Ephraim Cleveland ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Caleb Brints ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Edward Harris: William Corr ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres Oliver Lund ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 John Stachman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Dort ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Smith ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Harriman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Joseph Tucker ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Stephen Harwood ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Gates ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Silas Shaw ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Roberts ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 James Helf ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Jacob Frances ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Hezekiah Pollard ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Joshua Pelham ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Nath^l Freeman: Lt. Col. Barshiah Rofelt ..... four hundred & fifty acres ..... 450 Captain Abraham Williams ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Captain Joseph Bass ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Andrew Garrils ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Hopham Rose ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Rufus Putnam & Comp^y: Joseph Lincoln ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Elijah Hammond ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Harritta Hayward ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Nathan Goodale ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Benjamin Wells ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Lieutenant Abiel Warren ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Benjamin Hayward ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Hoff ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Jonathan Stone ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Nathaniel Cushing ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Henry Marble ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Lieutenant Ivory Holland ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Lieutenant Parks Holland ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Levi Brown ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Asa Coburn ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Rufus Lochey ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres Jon Johnson ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Hezekiah Cutting ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Benjamin Hobbs ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Rufus Clark ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Abraham Hame ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Ebenezer Dane ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 John Rice ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Clarke ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Stebbins ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Colina Winter ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Lemuel Butler ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Isaac Rowsell ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Henry Riddle ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Captain Benjamin Hayward ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Captain Caleb Clapp ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Colonel Thomas Nixon ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 Captain Moses Roberts ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Oliver Rice ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Lieutenant Joshua Clapp ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 In the Agency of Benjamin Tupper: Lieut. Col. William Henry ..... four hundred & fifty acres ..... 450 James Warner ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Josiah Smith ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Ephraim Wright ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Eli Mound ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Boffee Freeman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Joel Barlow: Hannah Fog ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Richard Riley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Stephen Riley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Samuel Roberts ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Moses Foster ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Joseph Day ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Asa Seymour ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Asa Beach ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thadeus Fox ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres Luman Hinckley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Elijah Lord ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thomas Ashley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Richard Day ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Ebenezer Hinchley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Abner Lord ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Ezra Champion ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Jonathan Haynes ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 John Wade ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Ezra Harvey ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 James Mother ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Daniel Curtis ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Peter Taylor ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Lieutenant Philip Heath ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 James Bailey ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Jonathan Ashley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Levi Ripley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 John Lerrow ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Moses Griswold ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thomas Wells ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 John Reynolds ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Shortman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Miyg ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Jofed Harwood ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Allen Garner ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 David Cowley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Isaac Rowley ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Lieutenant Thomas Anderson ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Giles Williams ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 William Howe ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Charles Reynolds ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Matthew Ford ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of William Curtis: Major Simeon Thayer ..... four hundred acres ..... 400 Thomas Charles ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Lieutenant Joseph Massey ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Michael Dougherty ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres Jacob Hardy ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 [undecipherable] ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Major John Spurr ..... [undecipherable] Lieutenant John Medbury ..... four hundred acres ..... 400 [undecipherable] Shipley ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 [undecipherable] ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Lt. Col. Command^t Jeremiah Olney ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 Colonel William Barton ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 In the Agency of Winthrop Sargent: Lieutenant Jonathan Blaskell ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Lt. Col. Command^t David Webb ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 Captain John Mills ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 In the Agency of Ebenezor Sproat & Company: Captain David Sayles ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Captain Abraham Tuckerman ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 [undecipherable] Freeman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Captain Ebenezor [undecipherable: probable reading Macomber] ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Addison Loomis ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Major William Peck ..... four hundred acres ..... 400 Captain William Allen ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Lieutenant Thomas Coles ..... two hundred acres ..... 200 Thomas Brown ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Major John S. Dexter ..... four hundred [undecipherable] Captain Daniel S. Dexter ..... three hundred acres ..... 300 Colonel Israel Angel ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 Joseph Angel ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Major [undecipherable] ..... four hundred acres ..... 400 Lt. Col. Command^t Ebenezor Sproat ..... five hundred acres ..... 500 Eliza Marey ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Elisha Curtis ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thomas Foster ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Reuben Leman ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Prince Jenks ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Linas Henry ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Prosper Grotten ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Peter Hazard ..... one hundred acres ..... say 100 acres Eleel Hall ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Cuff Roberts ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Britton Fallensfall ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Thomas Howell ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 Matthias Cunningham ..... one hundred acres ..... 100 In the Agency of Henry Jackson: Major Job Summer ..... four hundred acres ..... 400 Which said Powers and documents have the appearance of authenticity, but not so executed as to be deemed sufficient to exonerate the United States from any future claim by the before named persons, respectively. — Now therefore, if either or all of the before named persons, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns should receive their respective claims of the United States within such a time in which they are not precluded, then the said Bounden Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler and Richard Platto shall cause such quantity or quantities of land to be assigned to them respectively with a good and lawful title, for the same in fee simple, within a certain tract of land purchased of the United States by the Ohio Company, or pay such Person or Persons a sum which shall be double the value of such lands, when so received of the United States, and if the before named Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler and Richard Platto shall well and truly satisfy all such claims or claims so received, in manner above described, together with all charges and costs of every kind within the Term aforesaid, then this obligation shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed & delivered Rufus Putnam [seal] in the presence of Manasseh Cutler [seal] In^o Stagg Jun^r Richard Platto [seal] Caleb Swan. State of New York f^t — To all whom it may concern These are to certify that on this day the twenty sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety, personally appeared before me Rhiner John Vanden Broch Notary Public for the State of New York duly appointed and commissioned by letter Patent under the great Seal of said State — John Stagg Junior and Caleb Swan, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of the almighty God, deposeth and saith that they were present at the execution of the foregoing Bond, that they did see the therein named Bounden Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler and Richard Platto respectively signed their names thereto, that the said Bond was delivered by the said respective Bounden for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and that they the deponents did also subscribe their names respectively thereto as witnesses in the presence of each other. — In^o Stagg Jun^r Caleb Swan. In Witness whereof I the said Notary having previously sworn the said deponents, and they having subscribed their names Do also set my hand and affix my Seal of Office in the City of New York, the day, month and year first above written. — Rx. J. vanden Broch Not^y Pub^c. [seal] [War Office August 13, 1795] a true copy from the original on file in this Office. Samuel [undecipherable] Sec^y