To Unknown
7 June 1811
All that you have to do is to get your Uncle to ride up to Court & acknowledge the mortgage, provided this has not already been done. Then get the Clerk to certify on the back of the deed the acknowledgment in order to its being admited to record in the county where the land lies which he will see by inspecting the Deed. Bring the deed so certified to me.
B.W.
The above mentd Deed being duly certified‑ I have this Day recd the same of C. Binns Clerk of L. C. to present to the Court of Spotsylvania County for Record. Two P.M. June 10th 1811.
Bushd C. Washington
ALS, sold by the Potomack Company. The postscript was written and signed by Bushrod Corbin Washington.