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Know all Men by these presents That I Daniel Babcock of Hopkinton
in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Do hereby By Virtue
of an Act of the General Assembly of ye State Passed February 1811
Appointing the sd Daniel Babcock a committee to Sell so much of the
Common Land belonging to the Narragansett Tribe of Indians in Charlestown
as will raise the Sum of One hundred and nine Dollars and Sixty four Cents
to defray an in satisfaction of the claim of Jon Dollars and forty four Cents
by me owed and fully paid by Jeffrey Hazard of Charlestown in sd County
for certain the account whereof ye Family Acknowledge Have given
warranty and sold the sd Lot from the sd Jeffrey Hazard his Heirs and Assigns
forever One Bottom Lot of Low land situate in Charlestown Containing by
Estimation two Acres be the same more or less and is bounded as follows
beginning at the Southeast corner of Robert Towne's lot by the Highway the
westerly boundary on sd Hazard's Land Until it Comes to the Old East part
have southly boundary on sd East Part Until it Comes to the Corner of the
Land from thence Southerly and Easterly to the Highway and thence bounding on
the Highway N Northely and Easterly Course to the first mentioned Corner.
To have And To hold all the Above Described Land and
together with all and singular the Privileges and Appurtenances
to the same belonging Unto the sd Jeffrey Hazard his Heirs and Assigns
And I the sd Daniel Babcock as trustee do covenant and agree to Warrant and for
Jeffrey Hazard his Heirs and Assigns forever against all Lawfull Claims of any
or Persons Whatsoever Appertaining to the Use and Enjoyment of the before noted lot
of Alphabets In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and
Seal this 21st Day of April A D 1818.........
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of
Charles Babcock
Peleg Cross
Daniel Babcock L.P.
State of Rhode Island &
Washington sr
To wit At Charlestown the Day and Date first written on
the Other side of this half sheet Showeth Formally Came Daniel
Babcock Esq and Acknowledged the within Instrument to
be His Act and Deed Hand & Seal there to Affixed for
the Purpose there in Contained . . . . . . .
Before. Peleg Cross Town Clerk
Recorded May 27. 1818
by Peleg Cross Town Clerk
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