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To all People to whom these presents shall Come Greeting Know ye that I
Nathan Pingree of Charlestown in Washington for a loving Consideration of 5 Shillings of Lawful Money paid to & examined for
the love and Goodwill I have to my son James Pingree of the town of Coventry
I give grant bargain & sell unto him the same
Pingree one Certain piece of Land situate lying & being in Charlestown containing
roughly eight Acres be the same more also & is bounded as follows beginning at the
southeast Corner by the Road leading from Providence to Exeter going eastwards to the
Corners of Jonathan Lee diverse feet from thence Turning east until she reaches a
stone & from it turns southeast leading thence Northwesterly to sounding Costly & proceeding
backwards to the Road leading Northwesterly & Northwesterly to a stone & from it leads
to the first Mentioned Bounds together with her house there containing and all
Other the Out Buildings & Premises Of the same I do hereby sell the above granted &
bargained Premises with all the Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto him the said
James Pingree his heirs and assigns forever his heirs & assigns forever his heirs and heirs of body forever And of all
that also the Mentioned my above described Premises together with all the James
Pingree his heirs and assigns that all the remaining of these presents shall be and and
deemed as good & perfect absolute of heritable in me any full right to dispose of
same in Manner and form and mode of these presents & that the same is free from all Encumbrances
Moreover I do warrant this that in other thing by these presents bind myself and my
heirs forever to warrant and defend the above devised and mortgaged Premises to him
& his heirs and assigns against all Lawful Claims & demands whatsoever
In Witness Whereof I said Nathan Pingree have hereunto set my hand & seal this 15 day of April
1783 right dead & delivered
Nathan Pingree [seal]
In presence of
Jonathan [illegible]
Billy Grosse [illegible]
Y[e] Fact to be understood by the Justices that before the signing sealing of these presents the within
named Nathan Pingree did swear before me an oath to convey in this deed a certain piece of land that
he had made a sketch of the town of Charlestown appear in the northwest corner of this document and satisfy
fully upon the sketch on the side of North bounding east side in Confirmation Witness the Parties stated in
the above Mentioned have subscribed their names & seals in Presence of
Nathan Pingree
James Pingree
Washington Co. at Charlestown the same day & date first named within Witness aforesaid appeared
Nathan Pingree signor & declared to the northeast instrument of deed acknowledged & declared
to be his Hand act & deed with his hand & seal thereunto affixed
Billy Grosse Justice Peace
Recorded this Day Aprt 14 1783 Signed by Peter [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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