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that portion of the land commonly called and known
as the Palace Land, which was derived by the grantor from
his Father Rob^t Saunders ^{Senr .} — The said Palace Land being the
same which was conveyed by the Pres^t . & master or professors
of Wm & Mary College to the Rev^d Sam^l Smith M^c Croskey of
the County of Northampton Virg^a by deed bearing date the
2^nd day of June 1790, and recorded in the County Court of
York; and afterwards conveyed by Rob^t . F. N. Smith adminis
-trator with the [will] annexed of the said Saml. S. McCroskey
to ^{the said} Rob^t Saunders ^sent the father of the grantor by deed bearing
date the 4^th day of April 1816 & recorded in the
County Court of York. The portion of the said Palace land
hereby conveyed being all ^{of the same} which was not conveyed by the
said Robert Saunders Sen^r. to             ; and the same
portion being bounded as follows — on the north by the land of
Henley Taylor & by the tract of land called Carr's Hill, the
property of the said R. S. and by a small piece of marsh
at the Capitol Landing— On the East by the road leading
from W^msburg to the Capitol Landing — On the south by two
lots, one the property of Rob^t P. Waller; and the other the
property of Robert M. Garrett; and on the west by that
portion of the said palace land which _{as before mentioned}
was conveyed by
the said Robert Saunders sen^r . to          and by
land of Henley Taylor and by ^{a small portion of} the before mentioned tract
called Carr's Hill. That pah part of the lane running
between the ^{hereby conveyed} palace meadow and Carr's Hill
being a line parallel to the most northerly stream running
down the said meadow, and every where twenty ^four feet north of the
said stream

the said land being bounded on the north by
Carrs Hill the property of John C Apperson by Henly
Taylors land and [illegible] piece of marsh at the capitol
landing on the east by the road leading from the
Capitol landing and [S] Carrs Hill a[illegible] [and]
On the south by the lots owned by R P. Waller
and Robert M. Garrett and on the west by
Thomas G Peachy land which land of Thomas
G Peachy is the portion of the original palace
tract before refered to as having been sold
by Robert Saunders [Jn^r ] to Mary [Brown]