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the right to convey the said land to the grantee; that he has done no act to encumber the said land; that the grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land, free from all encumbrances, and that they, the said parties of the first part, will execute such further assurance of the said land as may be requisite. 

Witness the following signatures and seals. 
Mann L. Valentine {L.S.}
Elizabeth Valentine {L.S.}

State of Virginia 
City of Richmond, to wit:
I, Robert Howard, Clerk of the Court of Hustings for the city of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Elizabeth Valentine, the wife of Mann L. Valentine, whose names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 11th day of February 1860, personally appeared before me in my office, and being examined by me privily and apart from her husband and having the writing aforesaid fully explained to her, she, the said Elizabeth Valentine, acknowledged the said writing to be her act, and declared that she had willingly executed the same, and does not wish to retract it. 

Given under my hand this 13th day of February 1860
R. Howard, Clk. 

City of Richmond, to wit: 
In the office of the Court of Hustings for the said city, the 13th day of February 1860 
This deed was acknowledged by Mann L. Valentine, 

Transcription Notes:
The letters “L.S.” appear at the end of a signature line. This is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase logus sigilli which means “place of the seal”. civilwarrichmond.com says: The Hustings Court, when presided over by a judge, had the powers of a Circuit Court. The Hustings Court was also sometimes referred to as "Judge Lyon's Court" in the newspapers. Definitions of privily. adverb. confidentially or in secret. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-20 21:27:30 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-20 20:41:34