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Know all men by these presents that we Isaacmich Browning and
Martha Browning his wife of Sivington in the County of Columbee and State of
[illegible] do hereby Constitute and appoint John Fiske of Charlestown Rhode
Island to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to act
in the settlement of the Estate of Edward Norris late of said Charlestown rho
Island from that Administrator of said Estate our Share therein as their
heirs at law are to receive from the same to discharge by Deed to said Administrator also
giving to our said Attorney the power to sell and Convey by Deed or deeds all
our Right or Share in the said Real Estate which the said Edward Norris left
devisable to Norris relating and concerning whatever our said Attorney
State Same fully to the letters of Attorney Dated at Westerly November 9, 1836.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Westerly
opposite State. In our presence
Charles Perry
Daniel Potter
Isaacmich Browning (seal)
Martha Browning (seal)
State of New York ss
Columbia County
Be it known That on this 11th day of September in the Year of our Lord
1837 Personally came before me Isaacmich Browning and Martha his wife
to me well known as the Individuals named in the particular Letter of Attorney
and who duly declared and acknowledged that they had executed the same for the uses and
purposes therein mentioned and the said Martha responded Examination separate
upon her Thousands as aforesaid acknowledged that she had freely acted with this for and
Completion Executed the same
Chas E. Selby me Commissioner
to take the Acknowledgement of Deeds and Certificates of Land in County of Columbia
Theodore Charleston September 29th 1837 by John Chandler a Clerk
Know all men That I Mary Clark of Richmond Rhode Island in Consideration of the Value
of the Mortgage hereon of the named parties mute me Augusts C Lewis of Charlestown
the height of which I do hereby fully acknowledge I do hereby appoint William Fiske
the Father of said Augusts as my attorney with full power to discharge after the reads
of said Charlestown a certain mortgage deed of the sum of lands said
Lewis made by my father deceased during the same land of and in said Charlestown
now mortgaged to said William Fiske afterwards having had to had last purchased
Mortgage deed which was in word land in said Charlestown for the uses and description
tell and the better in the Premises and Convey same with said deed his heirs and assigns forever
and I defend the premises to them and them against any person Claiming by purchase through
me and defend my hand and seal this [illegible] day of 1838 Mary Clark (L.S.)
In our presence
Mary Ann Potter
Witnessed by Potter
The Commissioner at Richmond on the 7th day of August 1838 personally appeared Mary Clark the
person and Water after the within written instrument and acknowledged the hand to be her signature act
and seal and last Before me
Theodore Do Potter Jus Peace
Charleston November 9th 1838
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