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to dower, or in the contingency that John C. Wise and Ann, his wife did convey in full with general warranty, bound for the $4666 2/3 the balance of the purchase money. They did not so convey the land; the balance of purchase money ceased to be payable, and the land is subject to the dower, and the heirs of John C. Wise are bound to convey to Parker and myself the legal title to the land subject to the dower of Ann F. Wise. Her dower ought to be laid off and assigned to her, and she cannot claim any interest, or rent for the same until it is so laid off and assigned. 

She can justly claim no more than her dower in the land as it is, or may have been at the time of her husband's death, for when purchased by Parker and myself, there was a very valuable forest of timber thereon, in all about 600 acres of good Navy and building timber, which would cut from 60 to 80 cords of wood per acre, worth $2 per cord standing, within 4 miles lighterage to Norfolk; a very valuable Tide-water grist mill, with a granite foundation, and the place was well enclosed by fencing, all of which 

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Can't decipher the word after 4 miles. It appears to start with Eight, and potentially is a misspelling of Eight leagues (leagues being a unit of measurement equivalent to 3 miles), but that doesn't quite make sense. Does it mean the forested property is in a 4-mile area that is eight leagues outside Norfolk? -I believe the word is "lighterage", a specific transfer of cargo https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighterage