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To all People to whom these Presents shall come
Greeting Whereas that James Collins citizen of Charlestown in Washington County and State of Rhode Island
of age an unmarried man has given sold and by consideration of the sum of One hundred and ten Pounds sterling in hand received and
fully paid by Law of State and citizen of Charlestown in Washington County the Receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge to be true and
right of the aforesaid party Satisfactorily contented and paid have given granted bargained and sold Conveyed to the said
Edward Warren citizen of East Greenwich and a certain parcel of land situated lying and being in Charlestown in Washington
County with the Boundary lines thereon and other boundaries containing by measurement One acre and
in diverse parts as follows Authority on the boundary line Surveyed and known’d and being situated and being belonging
to the said James Collins Party hereunto bound and Appertaining
To have and to hold the said Grants and conveyed premises together with the Privileges appurtenances
thereof same belonging or any other appurtenances belonging to the said Premises hereafter known and by these presents
also that the said James Collins hereby quit claim release remise Demise and Convey unto the said
Edward Warren his Heirs and Assigns forever warrant and defend the aforesaid Premises and against all persons Claimants or Demanders of any right or Nature
Whatsoever —
Provided Nevertheless the said Premises are upon Condition that by the 5th day of May of the year 2005 James Collins
his Heirs executors Administrators or Assigns or Debtor
of them shall well and truly pay the said sum of One
hundred and ten Pounds sterling in hand to the said
Edward Warren his Heirs executors Administrators or Assigns the certain Amount of One
hundred and ten Pounds on as before the twenty
fifth Day of March 1805 shall will be in the One
thousand Pounds hand and will be together with the
said sum Interest accruing thereon thereon and in
that case the written and above written Deed of
Bargain and sale is to be null and void and
of none Effect in Law otherwise the aforesaid and
remain in full force and Justice in Law —
In Witness whereof the said James Collins have
hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 22d Day
of October in the Year 1805
Signed Sealed and delivered
Before me
Piley Coggs Jp
James Collins ER
State of Rhode Island
Washington Co. Charlestown Ct.
22nd Jany 1807 Personally came James Collins appeared and
Swore to the above mentioned Deed of 22d Oct 1805 and
some the his Signature out and did hand and seal
thereon offid
Before Piley Coggs Jp
And it is this day in this office Recorded 23d Jany 1807
in order to be recorded
Piley Coggs Jp for the CL
Recorded by John L. B. R. S.
by Piley Coggs Jp for John Ch.