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Below are two documents. This is the text as best as can be read. -Ed.
Boldface Italic represents handwritten portion. -Ed.
 
 
     SIX MONTHS after date, we promise to pay to DANIEL MELVIN, ARTHUR
MELVIN, and GEORGE W. MELVIN, Executors of Daniel Melvin, deceased,
      Eighteen Dollars, Eight Cents, for value received.
                                              his
      October the (unintelligible) 1846 James (X) Davis
                                              mark
 
Witness                           James Melvin              L.S.
       K. McLeod                                            Seal
                                  John McGhee               L.S.
 
 
Written across the above document are the words: (-Ed.)
Judgement
July
Joseph Melvin
 
 
 
 
State of North Carolina,
   Bladen County.
      To any lawful Officer, to execute and return within thirty days, (Sundays excepted.)
      YOU are hereby commanded to take the bodys of Catherine McBride
   and Matthew McBride
if found in your county, and have them before me, or some other Justice
of the Peace in and for said county, to answer Daniel Melvin (unintelligible)
in a plea of debt, of twenty five Dollars Incl^g Interest
due by Note                                        Herein fail not.
      Given under my hand and seal, this 12th day of June, 1827
   Summonses for the plaintiff
   George W. Melvin
              (unintelligible signature -- G. S. (unintel.)ng ?)
 
 
 
 
There a few letters and numbers written across the left end of the above document. -Ed.
 
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