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To all People to whom these presents shall Come Greeting
Know that we Brown Briggs of Charlestown County of Washington
and Gilbert Stanton of Newport of the County of Newport both of the State
of Rhode Island &c. Being desirous of promoting the meant of Educat
ion in the Third School District in said Charlestown as for the Consi
deration of the Inhabitants of said District building and maintain
ing a good and lawful fence Round a Certain Lot of land lying in said
Charlestown in said District to be known as Emorys Lot and for the Further
Consideration of their Building and maintaining a Sufficient dwelling
on said Lot and for the further Consideration to have the full Benefit of the
Common of said free pasture give grant hag and convey Sale and Convey
ance unto the Inhabitants of said District a Certain Lot of Land containing two
by square Rods of land and bounded as follows lying on the North end of
the land owned by said Brown Briggs and Stanton and bordered on the North by
Mistery of the Bridge Mr. Hague's House (said Hague) and Easterly of said Brown
and Stanton With North Corner and to be four Rods East and West and
four Rods North and South bounding Westerly by Briggs Mr. Hague's
Land Easterly South westerly and North westerly on the Granter's land for the pur
pose of said District to build and maintain a School House there on
for Publick School and no other purpose
Where and to hold the aforesaid tract of land to the Vestry page
of said District in the proportion whereby they pay a tax for the Building &
Repairing the said fence forever to their Heirs and Assigns forever
and we the said Briggs and Stanton for our Heirs Executors and
Administrators do hereby Covenant and agree with said District that
no the sole owner of said tract of land and have good title to dispose
of the same as a fee simple
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and seals this 1st
day of June A D 1839 Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Ellis Denham
Daniel C. Denham
John Stanton Witness for Brown Briggs
Brown Briggs (L.S.)
Gilbert Stanton (L.S.)
Newport State of Newport State 7th A D 1839 before me Came Gilbert
Stanton and acknowledged the sign of the within written Instrument to be his Voluntary act
and Deed Signed and Sealed before me Daniel C. Denham Justice Pea
Washing. State of Charlestown June 26th A D 1839 Personally Came
Brown Briggs one of the Signers of the within Deed and acknowledged the same to
be his free and Voluntary act and Pea Hand and Seal
Before Me John Stanton Your Clerk
September 10 A D 1839 I Received this Deed Witness J. Stanton Your Clerk
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