Agreement to Arbitration between James Monroe and Peter Skinner, 25 October 1823 - Page 1

Viz the subscribers agree to submit all matters
in controversy between us, respecting accounts
for rent, blacksmiths work, and all other
claims, on each side, including those founded
on the covenants of the lease, on the part of
James Monroe, one of the parties, and any
supplies furnished by Nathan Skinner to Andrew
Monroe brother of the said James, & his agent,
to the [ ] of Wm. Elgcy, & James Nichason
Esquires. We further agree, that if it shall be
the opinion of the said arbitrators, that the
lease has not been forfeited, by a breach of the
covenant respecting work, that the said arbi-
trators, shall decide the value of the leased land
per acre, taking into consideration, the date
of the lease and the ages of the lesses, provided
that the said Lessees, or one of them, be now liv-
ing, it being understood that, if they be
dead, that the said valuation be void, and if
either be dead, that the circumstance be con-
sidered by the arbitrators. signn'd this
25th day of Octr. 1823.

James Monroe
Nathan Skinner

Witnessed by
G.F. Mercer
William Noland
William Renton

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