This is part of a record copy of an 1886 deed from Hancock County, Illinois–this is not the original deed, but the courthouse’s official copy of it.
February was spelled wrong on the deed. The clerk, whose job was to copy EXACTLY what was on the original deed, spelled it as “Febuary” and then underlined it to acknowledge the error. The clerk was not to fix anything when copying the deed to make the official copy of record.
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