"Warranty Deed.
"Filed April 26, A. D. 1892, at 2:10 P.M., W. W. Cushman, Recorder.
"Know All Men by These Presents:
"That we, Robert T. Lincoln and Mary H. Lincoln, his wife, of Cook County, and State of Illinois, in consideration of the sum of Thirteen Hundred Dollars ($1,300) to us in hand paid by Henry Edwards, of Crawford County, and State of Iowa, do hereby sell and convey unto the said Henry Edwards the following described premises, situated in the County of Crawford, and State of Iowa, to-wit:
"The east half of the northeast quarter, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section eighteen (18) in Township eighty-four (84), north of Range thirty-nine (39), west of the Principal Meridian.
"And we covenant with the said Henry Edwards that we hold said premises by good and perfect title, that we have good right and lawful authority to sell and convey the same, that they are free and clear of all liens and all encumbrances, whatsoever, excepting the taxes levied, or to be levied, for the year 1892, and excepting also a lease of said land expiring on or about the fourth day of May, A. D. 1894, and we covenant to warrant and defend the title to said premises against the lawful claims of all persons, whomsoever, excepting as against the said taxes, and the said lease, the obligation and discharge of both of which are hereby assumed by the said Henry Edwards.
"The said Robert T. Lincoln hereby declares that his title to said land is wholly by descent, and derived as follows, namely:
"That Abraham Lincoln, the patentee of said land, died on the 15th day of April, 1865, intestate, leaving heirs surviving, his widow, Mary Lincoln, and his two sons, Robert T. Lincoln and Thomas Lincoln, and no other heirs; that said Thomas Lincoln died on the 15th day of July, A. D. 1871, in the nineteenth year of his age, intestate, and unmarried, leaving him surviving as his only heirs his mother, said Mary Lincoln, and his brother, said Robert T. Lincoln; that said Mary Lincoln died on the 16th day of July, A. D. 1882, intestate, and a widow, leaving her surviving as her sole heir, said Robert T. Lincoln; and that the estate of said Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, and Mary Lincoln were successively duly administered according to law in the county court of Sangamon County, in the State of Illinois, and that all claims against them were duly paid and discharged.
"Signed the twenty-second day of March, A. D. 1892.
"Robert T. Lincoln.
"Mary H. Lincoln.
"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
"Legation of the United States of America at London on this 22d day of March, A. D. 1892, before me Larz Anderson, a secretary of the Legation of the United States of America at London, aforesaid, came Robert T. Lincoln and Mary H. Lincoln, his wife, personally to me known to be the identical persons whose names are affixed to the above instrument as grantors thereof, and acknowledged the execution of the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the purpose therein expressed.