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- Handwritten contract in blue ink between Fred S. Church and Thomas Beagleston detailing the conditions under which Thomas Beagleston will operate a sawmill belonging to Fred Church. The text of the contract is as follows: "An Agreement entered into this the first day of March Eighteen hundred and forty by and between Thomas Beagleston and Fred S. Church as follows. Said Beagleston agrees to operate the Sawmill belonging to said Church for the ensuing season on the following conditions. He is to draw the Logs from the yard on to the Log way and saw the same as said Church may direct to draw off the Lumber and stick it up in a careful and business like manner. to pile the slabs up in the yard. to square edge all the Boards and plank (except such as will cut to great Waste by so doing). to use the Mill and Tools in a careful manner and to make all the repairs less than one Dollar and to furnish his own lights if wanted for sawing nights. Said Church agrees to have the Logs drawn to the yard. to furnish an ox team for said Beagleston to draw on the Logs. and to draw off the Lumber. to furnish files, Tallow, and every thing necessary to to [sic] operate the Mill and to pay said Beagleston one Dollar per Thousand feet board measure for all the merchantable Lumber sawed to be measured when moved from the Logway, the account to be made up and settled monthly. It is mutually agreed that in case of serious accident, to the Mill or dam, said Church shall not be called upon to repair the same to great disadvantage, but that he shall do so as soon as it can be done in an economical manner. Said Church also agrees to rent Beagleston the House and Garden now occupied by Richard Baker for the rent of one Dollar per month. Said Beagleston agrees to leave the same on the first day of November next - if said Church wishes him to do so. Signed Clarkson April 30th 1840 in presence of" The contract is signed by Fred S. Church, and was presumably signed by Thomas Beagleston on the portion of the contract now missing.
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- 1840-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Detroit Historical Society
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- Handwritten contract in blue ink between Fred S. Church and Thomas Beagleston detailing the conditions under which Thomas Beagleston will operate a sawmill belonging to Fred Church. The text of the contract is as follows: "An Agreement entered into this the first day of March Eighteen hundred and forty by and between Thomas Beagleston and Fred S. Church as follows. Said Beagleston agrees to operate the Sawmill belonging to said Church for the ensuing season on the following conditions. He is to draw the Logs from the yard on to the Log way and saw the same as said Church may direct to draw off the Lumber and stick it up in a careful and business like manner. to pile the slabs up in the yard. to square edge all the Boards and plank (except such as will cut to great Waste by so doing). to use the Mill and Tools in a careful manner and to make all the repairs less than one Dollar and to furnish his own lights if wanted for sawing nights. Said Church agrees to have the Logs drawn to the yard. to furnish an ox team for said Beagleston to draw on the Logs. and to draw off the Lumber. to furnish files, Tallow, and every thing necessary to to [sic] operate the Mill and to pay said Beagleston one Dollar per Thousand feet board measure for all the merchantable Lumber sawed to be measured when moved from the Logway, the account to be made up and settled monthly. It is mutually agreed that in case of serious accident, to the Mill or dam, said Church shall not be called upon to repair the same to great disadvantage, but that he shall do so as soon as it can be done in an economical manner. Said Church also agrees to rent Beagleston the House and Garden now occupied by Richard Baker for the rent of one Dollar per month. Said Beagleston agrees to leave the same on the first day of November next - if said Church wishes him to do so. Signed Clarkson April 30th 1840 in presence of" The contract is signed by Fred S. Church, and was presumably signed by Thomas Beagleston on the portion of the contract now missing.
- Date Issued:
- 1840-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society