Be it remembered that on the
nineteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixteenJamesJames Ternon, JohnJohn Connolly
ConnollyJohn Connolly and SamuelSamuel SmithSmith have respec
tively contributed in equal sums towards
a voyage up the Mississippi RiverMississippi River for
the purpose of trading for furs; and
it is expressly stipulated and agreed up-
on by and between all the parties of these
presents that at the expiration or termi-
nation of the said expedition and after
a sale of the proceeds of such trade,
the nett proceeds, thereof as well as of
the profits and all losses are to be fair
by and equally divided between the afore
said James FernonJames Fernon John ConnollyJohn Connolly and
Saml B. SmithSamuel B Smith