request) I
reffer. this I do for the Condsid[er]ation and price of one thousand
and five hundred Dollars Exrs.[10] of eight royals of plate each, and
In conformaty to an agreemt. concluded between us for sd. Snow, and I
do hereby acknowladge the said Buyer has given and paid me the above
mentioned Sum in ready usefull Currt. mony of this Island, and whereas
sd. money's are really and Effectually in my Possession and were not
Delivered me in the Presence of a Notary Publick that he might give
faith thereof, I Confess myself to be contented, Satisfied and to have
my intire Satisfaction, reced. Said Sum, and therefore revokes and
renounces the Laws of Delivery's, Payments and all others that might
be in my favour, and for the Said Sum of one thousand five hundred
Dollars I do here in due form give him my full recept and aquittance.
I declare them to be the just Valuation and true Price specified in
sd. Inventory of Sd. Snow and all annexed and appertaining to her. And
I further Declare, that they are not worthe more, and that if at
prest. or at any other time they should be seen and Deemed to be of
greater Value, be it much or little, I do hereby freely and actually
give and bequeath it to said Byer and his heirs, and renounces all
rights and titles thereunto, and all Laws and Customs that might give
me any right or Title to them, and so resignes the whole Propertey I
had in them and Transfer it unto him the said Buyer and his heirs,
that he, they or any other Person he shall name, may administer, owne
and Govern her as he shall think Proper, and I give him full power and
faculty to comprehend his Possession when and as he pleases, and
untill he takes it I constitute myself the Possessor, ready and
willing to Deliver whenever he shall demande her; and as the real
Seller of Said Snow, I oblidge myselfe, personal Estate and moveables
that I Possess or may hereafter Possess, for his Peacable Possession
of her, and I give his Majesties Justice and Judges full Power to
oblidge me so to do, and that with the Same authority as they can do
in Cases and Causes already Sentenced. And I again renounce all the
Laws and Customs in my favour and makes this Bill of Sale in due form
in this Village and port of Sta. Cruz de Tenerife the 13th December
1740. The maker of this Instrument that I the Notary Publick, do give
faith, Knows, and that he Sayed, I freely Grant and Sign this in the
presance of the Witnesses Don Arnoldo Vane Stemfort,