Narelle, I've had a go - There are a couple of gaps - particularly in lines 22 & 24, but I hope that it helps. 1. therein at the rate of to 15.p.c. p.a. payable half yearly 2. And whereas under & by intrest the s[ai]d [? sealed] two 3. several M[or]t[ga]ge Securiies therein now due & owing to the 4. s[ai]d Jas. Geo. D. by the s[ai]d Thos. Huxley the Sum of £209.12.6 St[erlin]g 5. no more [margin] for principal & interst money which the s[ai]d T. h. doth hereby 6. admit & acknowledge - And whereas the s[ai]d Jas. Geo. D. 7. & Thos. H. are [? -----] desirous that the s[aid] last mentioned sum 8. should be paid to the s[ai]d Jas. Geo. D. - And to Enable him 9. for that purpose the s[ai]d Thos. H. has requested the s[ai]d J. B. & 10. A.G.P. to advance & lend to him the the Sum of £220. st[erlin]g 11. which they have agreed to do upon having the Repayment 12. of the same under interest as sftermentioned secured to 13. them by these presents - Now this Ind[entu]re witnesseth 14. that in Com[m]on the [?-----] of the Sum of £200.12.6 St[erlin]g 15. paid by the s[ai]d J B & AGP to the s[ai]d JGD ^ at the request & ^ of the direction 16. of the s[ai]d T. Huxley & the receipt whereof 7 that the same is 17. in free satisfaction & discharge of all moneys now due & 18. owing to him & alll claims & demand that may be 19. made of him [the s[ai]d Jas. Geo. D - deleted] under & by virtue of the 20. s[ai]d sealed two sev[era]l [? -----] of [?Nele] or m[or]t[ga]ge or Either of them 21. he the s[ai]d Jas. Geo. D. doth hereby admit and acknowledge 22. & [? ----firm] the same & [? ----] paid thereof doth acquit 23. release & discharge as well the s[ai]d J B & AGP as the 24. s[aid] T. Huxley & [? t------ ------------------------] - And in 25. Com[m]on of the further Sum of £10.7.6 St[erlin]g to the s[ai]d T. Huxley 26. Paid by the s[ai]d JB & AGP tthe rec[eip]t whereof & the payment 27. of the s[ai]d sum of £209.12.6 to the s[ai]d Jas Geo Doyle making Best regards, Martyn I am hoping Liz in Melbourne and some others may be able to help me out again - there are 11 pages of this one document relating to the transaction of land sales in the Hawkesbury NSW Australia around the 1820's to 1830's. Two names in the first doc are HUXLEY & DOYLE, So far I have transcribed just a few lines - mostly inaccurate - but nevertheless: Line 1: whereas the rate of to 15 % pa [ per annum ] payable half yearly Line 2: And whereas ..interest...the -- -- two Line 3: several ( indemnities?) therein now due owing to the Line 4: -- Jas. Geo. D -- -- Thos Huxley the sum of $ 209.12.6 stg (pnds...where is the pound sign in Micro word?) Line 5: -- -- for principal of (?) interest money while the T.H. doth hereby Line 6: -- acknowledge - And whereas the [ esquire?] Jas. Geo.D. The remainder of the document is located at the following address: http://www.annforbes.org/huxdocs.html TIA Regards Narelle "Just off the Road to Gundagai....." NSW AUSTRALIA ************************************************** www.annforbes.org ************************************************* www.jmi.net.au ************************************************* AntiVir Installed ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/