Conveyance of Lands to the University of Virginia from Daniel A. Piper and Mary A. F. Piper

articles of agreement between Daniel Piper and Frances his wife of the one part & Arthur S. Brockenbrough proctor of the university of virginia; witnesseth, that the Said Daniel & francis his wife hath this day sold to the sd proctor of the university of virginia & his successor in office a Certain peace of land lying on the three notched road opposite the sd university in the County of Albemarle—bounded as followeth to wit beginning1 [. . .] at John Gormans & runing a straight line from sd Gormans four feet north of a small white oak sapling opposite the plank kiln at the university untill it intersects or emtys into the three2 Chopt road a little3 beyond the western street of the university & thence down the sd road to the begining at sd Gormans for & in consideration of the lot of land aforesaid the sd Brockenbrough proctor of the university binds himself & his successor in office to pay the sd Daniel Piper & frances his wife the [. . .] sum of one hundred and fifty dollars Current money of virginia when the sd Daniel Piper & Frances his wife bind themselves there heirs &ce to Convey to the sd Brockenbrough & his successor in office all the right & title to the land aforesaid which they possess—Given under our hands & seals this 9th of april 1824

attest—
John M. Perry
Daniel A Piper {seal}
Mary A F. Piper {seal}
{seal}
approved
Th: Jefferson
MS (ViU: TJP-PP); in the hand of John M. Perry; signed as “approved” by Thomas Jefferson; endorsed by Brockenbrough: “Contract D. A. Piper & Wife with Proct: of the U Va apr 9. 1824.” Tr (Albemarle Co. Deed Book, 24:418–9).
1Manuscript: “beging.”
2 Manuscript: “thee.”
3 Manuscript: “lithe.”