The instrument's own words
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Know all men that we Stephen Codner of Bristol and Welcome Burdick
of Charlestown in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island in con-
sideration of the sum of five hundred Dollars to be paid by Henry Clarke of the
said town in the County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof we do hereby
acknowledge in fulls good, paid, cleared money, from the said Henry Clarke
said sum and sufficient payment, as the right title, and interests in our and in one to
another in a piece of land or lying and being on some part of Charlestown town
say land, called piece of land Lys. bounded westerly on the land of Henry Clarke
easterly on the land of Welcome Burdick southerly on the land of Sethon Foster and others
northerly on land of Samson Clarke or others aforesaid the same may be bounded
it along the said title, and interests in our and in the same form and premises under
by Welcome & Stephen late of state Charlestown etc.
We do hereby to settle the above Bargain and Sale, with all the Appurtenances and app
urtenances thereof to the said Henry Clarke hereby his heirs and assigns forever, and
that we the said Stephen Codner and Welcome Burdick do agree with the said Henry
Clarke that we have good right and lawful authority to sell and Convey the same
and will warrant forever and defend the same against the lawful claims of
all people claiming through or by ourselves or under us.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, and seals this 26th
day of April 1814 In presence of
Elizabeth R. Southcome
Joshua Clarke
Stephen Codner
Welcome Burdick L.S.
State of Rhode Island
Washington Co. at Charlestown on the 26th day of April 1814 Before
ally known Stephen Codner and Welcome Burdick and acknowledged the
above instrument by them signed to be their voluntary act and deed hand and
seal
Refer me
Joshua Clarke Justice Peace
Recorded June 5th 1814 No 113
By John Wanton S Clerk
These Articles of agreement made at Charlestown town Rhode Island
this fourth day of June 1806 Between Gideon and Dennis Harris
both of said town Charlestown on the one part, and John R. Knowles of Bristol
on the other part Witnesseth that whereas the said Knowles has made a lease to
the town of Rhode Island on Providence out’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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Ana added covenants and agrees with said Alvan Green and Dennis Green their
heirs and assigns that as the said knowled be their Executor, Administrator etc and assign
their heirs and assigns pay unto said Alvan and Dennis Green their heirs and assigns the
sum of one dollar for as minimum sum to be paid on the last day of every year during the
term of twenty years — and furthermore that he the said knowled his heirs, Executors ad
ministrators or assigns shall indemnify and save harmless said Alvan and Dennis Green and
their heirs and assigns from all damages they may now have or hereafter come to owe
they may be obliged to pay in consequence of any person's land being overflowed by
the building of the said dam and said knowled further agrees that whenever said Alvan
and Dennis Green their heirs or assigns shall during the term aforesaid desire to make
or repair any part of the purpose of carrying any mill or machinery from
purpose whatever that often they shall duly notify the said knowled his heirs or
assigns that or they shall pay at the end of their duty days convenience to build his heirs or
Dennis Green their heirs or assigns provide and quick portable of the water and provide
ze home notification indeed and that from the end of their duty days that the said dam is
will make and none of effect and it is provided that of any damages be prolong to
said Alvan and Dennis be confirmed in consequence of the erection of dams or pay
of a dam by said knowled his heirs or in consequence of a dam built by said
knowled his heirs or assigns shall pay all damages that said Alvan and Dennis Green their
heirs or assigns may sustain by reason of machinery or efficiencies and that in case the
parties cannot agree as to the amount of damages that it shall be left to indifferent
men to examine and decide and that the said knowled his heirs or assigns shall choose
one man and that said Alvan and Dennis Green their heirs or assigns shall choose one
man and that these two persons shall choose a third and the decision of these three shall
be binding as the amount of damages shall be binding on said knowled his heirs or assigns and
they bear pay the same accordingly.
Witness our hands and seals this day and year aforesaid. In presence of
their internalizations and signatures
Quin Patt Moore
Le R. Potter
David Kenyon
Alvan Green L.S.
Dennis Green L.S.
John T. Knowles L.S.
Providence June 17th 1834
John T. Knowles and Alvan Green and Dennis Green came to me and wrote acknowledge
and did the within instrument to be their voluntary act and deed and their hands and
seals thereto affixed
Before me David Kenyon judge Count Common Pleas
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