Plan of association of the North American Land Company. Established February, 1795.

I Clement Biddle Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America, duly commissioned and qualified dwelling in the City of Philadelphia in said Commonwealth, Certify and make known that I have carefully compared the foregoing Plan of Association of the North American Land Company with the original

Articles of Agreement indented made the twentieth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety five by and between the Honourable Robert Morris, Esq. of the City of Philadelphia, John Nicholson, Esq. of the said City of Philadelphia and James Greenleaf, Esq. Consul from the United States at Amsterdam, but new of New-York of the one part, and those who shall become purchasers, owners or holders of shares in the North American Land Company of the other part

which said original Ar|ticles of Agreement duly executed and recorded in the office for recording deeds in the city and county of Philadelphia, in deed book No. 43. page 277, &c. are deposited in the hands of the board of managers of the American Land Company and the foregoing printed book from the 1st line of the 3d page thereof to the end of the 25th page thereof inclusive, contains a just and true copy, by me compared and found to agree with the said original Articles of Agreement, and of the Schedule thereunto annexed, and of the acknowledgement of the execution of the said Articles of Agreement taken before and certifi|ed by Matthew Clarkson Esq. Mayor of the said city of Philadelphia under his hand and the seal of the said city, and also of the attestation of the said Matthew Clarkson Esq. being Mayor of the said city of Philadelphia, by Thomas Mifflin Governor of the Commonwealth of Pensylvania, under his hand and the great seal of the said Commonwealth; And I do further Certify that I have seen and examined certain deeds of conveyance and assurance vesting four millions four hundred and seventy nine thousand three hundred and seventeen acres and one quarter of an acre, part of the said tracts of land mentioned in the said Schedule, annexed to the said Articles of Agreement, in Thomas Willing Esq. John Nixon Esq. and John Barclay Esq. in trust to convey the same agreebly to the said Articles of Agreement, duly executed by the said Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, and that I have this day attended on the president and board of managers of the said North American Land Company, who in my presence passed the following resolution and entered the same in their minutes, viz.

Whereas the conveyance of the lands already made by Robert Morris, John Nicholson, and James Greenleaf in trust for the use of the North American Land Company as yet amount to only 4,479,317 ¼ acres. And there are several persons now applying for certificates of shares.

Resolved by the president and board of managers, that certificates may and shall be issued in proportion to the quantity conveyed that is one certificate for every 200 acres of land actually conveyed and no more, and that one third part of the certificates so issued shall be deposited with the trustees in conformity with the 26th article, until the whole number of 9000 shares shall be so deposited.

In Testimony whereof I the said Notary, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal

at Phil〈8 letters〉〈8 letters〉 aforesaid this ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five.