MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

AGREEMENT OF G. W. PHELPS TO SELL LAND TO THE UNION COLONY.

1 Denver Col. Mch. 25, 1870

I hereby agree and bind myself to sell & convey to the Union Colony, or its representatives, the following tracts or parcels of land situate in Weld County Colorado; to wit: S.E. 4 Sec 31, Town 6 N.R 65 W; and N. E. 14 Sec 6, & S E 4 of N W Sec 6 Town 5 N. R. 65 W.; also the undivided one third of S.E 14 Sec 8 Town 5 N R 65 W., provided said colony shall within thirty days from this date agree to purchase said lands at ten dollars per acre.

Witness

Wm N. Byers.

G. W. Phelps

THE SAME BY THE DENVER LAND ASSOCIATION.

1 Denver Col. Mch 25th 1870

We hereby agree and bind ourselves to sell and convey to the Union Colony, or its representatives the S. E. 14 of N W 14, NE 14 of SW 14 and N. W 14 of S. E 4 Sec 32, Town 6 North of Range 65 Weest, in Weld county, Colorado, at fifteen dollars per acre provided said colony shall within thirty days from this date agree to purchase said land at said price

Denver Land. Assn

by D. H. Moffat Jr. Trustee.

1These two agreements are to be found among the deeds of the Union Colony in the colony safe. See the letter of William N. Byers, dated March 25, 1870.

DEED FROM THE DENVER PACIFIC RAILWAY TO THE UNION COLONY.

1 KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS, That I, JOHN EVANS, of the County of Arapahoe and Territory of Colorado, as Trustee of the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, by virtue of the authority in me vested by a certain Mortgage made and executed by the said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, under date of August the tenth, A. D. 1869. to John Edgar Thomson, Adolphus Meier and John Evans, Trustees, and recorded in the several counties through which the said Railway is located, and also by virtue of a certain Power of Attorney made and executed by the said Trustees to the said John Evans, also of record in said several Counties for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty one thousand and fifty eight dollars and fifty eight cents ($31058.58/100) to him in hand paid by......NATHAN C. MEEKER, ROBERT A. CAMERON, HENRY T. WEST and other persons associated with them, the same being the appraised value of the land herein mentioned, do hereby bargain, sell and convey unto HORACE GREELY of the City, County and State of New York IN TRUST for the use and benefit of the said Nathan C. Meeker, Robert A. Cameron, Henry T. West, and their associates, known and designated as THE UNION COLONY and associated together and

1The original deed, from which this reprint is made, is to be found among the deeds of the Union Colony in the colony safe.

contributing the purchase money aforesaid for the purpose of purchasing settling upon and improving lands in the Territory of Colorado, and unto his successors heirs and assigns FOREVER IN TRUST as aforesaid the following described Real Estate, situate in the County of Weld and Territory of Colorado. to wit: Price

Reserving to said Company, and its assigns, the right of way for said Railway two hundred (200) feet in width, and in manner and form as provided by the Acts of Congress in relation thereto, and provided also that said Company shall be exempt from all claim for damages to the possession and use of said land that may accrue to the party of the second part, or his assigns, in the construction and operating of said Railway."

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME, Together with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging, all the right title and interest of the said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and of the said Trustees, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said-HORACE GREELY, TRUSTEE, in Trust aforesaid, and to his successors, heirs and assigns forever..... IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this thirteenth day of April, A. D. 1870. John Evans Trustee (Seal)

I, Edward P. Jones a Notary Public in and for said County in the Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Evans