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DECATUR, NEB. ^[[June 1ST]] 188^[[7]]
^[[One year]] after date of value received I promise to pay to ^[[A C Rogers]] 
or order, the sum of ^[[twenty five]] DOLLARS.
with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum till paid.  Payable at the office of T. R. Ashley. Decatur. Nebraska
S___T___R___P.O. ^[[Mr his X mark Silver]]
For value received, I, the undersigned, of....County....for the purpose of securing the payment of the foregoing note do hereby bargain, sell and mortgage to the above named payee the following described property, now in my possession, owned by me and free of incumbrances, to-wit: ^[[one Black Horse 6 year old & one grey mare & colt]]
PROVIDED: That if the undersigned shall pay the foregoing note then this mortgage shall be void.  In case in default of payment of the said note or any part thereof, or if the mortgagee shall at any time feel unsafe or insecure, or in case of attempt to dispose of or remove the property from said county, then the said mortgagee, or his agents, may take immediate possession of said property, sell the same and pay the amount secured, with all costs, as provided by law.
Witness my hand this ^[[1st]] day of ^[[June]] A. D, 188..
Witness H. S. Cole & Miles Rogers  Mr his X mark Silver]] [SEAL.]
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