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Philadelphia March 7. 1786. [illegible]

It being our determination to form an early settlement on the lands you are serving for blank and our associates, we have concluded to offer the following encouragement to search substantial persons age as Shelby willing to become settlers there on. 1. to the person or persons who will undertake to erect a sawmill and grist mill in situation witschel do you or other agent by us appointed yche appear most suitable for the accommodation of the greatest body of the expected settlers, we will DRAN 200 ecars of land adjoining 2 and meeted ING the requisite Mills seats for that 2 Mills aforesaid at the rate of 20 pounds per 100 word cut off to be paid in the illegible other settlers are to pay for there are lots, as hereafter mentioned. We will also give to such undertake sure 128 pounds in cash, 2 assess him in erecting these Mills. 8

2. The first of 50 Cent lbers Shelby at Liberty to shoes in what surveys they will fix their residence such surveys shelvin be divided, the 400 acre lots in 2/2 in the illegible illegible lots in 2 illegible thirds and the 1000 ikor lots into fourths or fifth and the parts to be granted to the settlors shell work cut off 8 be determined by lot; so that they do not take up more than half of any one survey line that they quantity taken up by each sefler do not exceed 200 or 300 acres and that the whole life together in one lot. For the land is to be granted the company will accept of 20

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