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James Marshall }
Clement J. Coote }

District of Columbia
County of Washington, Court

We James Marshall and Clement J Coote Justices of the Peace in and for the District and County aforesaid do hereby certify that William H Yates and Evaline his wife parties to a certain deed, having date on the twenty fifth day of October eighteen hundred and forty seven and hereto arrived personally appeared before us in our said District and County (the said William H Yates and Evaline his wife being personally well known to us as the persons who executed the said deed) and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, And in do further certify that the said Evaline Yates being by us examined privily and apart from her said husband and having the deed aforesaid fully explained to her she then said Evaline Yates acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and declared that she had willingly signed sealed and delivered the same and that she wished not to retract it.

Given under our hands and seals this 25th day of October eighteen hundred and forty seven
James Marshall JP   seal
Clement J. Coote JP   seal