The instrument's own words
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Know all Men by these presents that I William Champion of Lyme in New London
County in the State of Connecticut ye yeoman the within named Mortgagee Do release and Consider
ation of the sum of seven hundred and thirty four Dollars and thirty Three cents Paid of Joseph
Stanton of Esqre of Charlestown in Washington County x the State of Rhode Island that ye Yeoman
the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge that I am Therefore with fully satisfied and
paid and paid If he and do by these presents Assign and set over all the right title
but without prejudice Claim Challenge or demand that I or have vested or might
hereafter have to the within named Mortgaged Lands and premises And do covenant
and agree for my self my Heirs Executors & administrators bind with the said
Joseph Stanton for his heirs and Assigns forever to assign and set over all
the right title and Interest that I shall have in the Within Mortgaged Premises
In Witness whereof I the said William Champion have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 24 day of Janry 1814
William Champion [seal]
Signed sealed and delivered
In presence of
Samuel Perry
Peleg Cooff
[seal] State of Rhode Island & Washington county to wit at Charlte
town the Day and Date first above written Personally came
the above named William Champion and acknowledged the
above Agreement of Mortgage to be his voluntary act and
by Peleg Cooff I do Deed hand and seal there unto affixed
Before Peleg Cooff Clerk
Received Janry 24 1814
by Peleg Cooff Clrk I do
To all People to whom these Presents
shall come I Nathanel Littlebridge of South Kingstown in the County of Washington
one of the Sheriffs Deputies for said County send Greeting
Whereas two executions against James Congdon of Charlestown in said County of Washing
ton ye Yeoman was by me the said Nathanel Littlebridge levied on two certain undivided
tracts of Land proportioning of five quarters, late belonging to the whole of Charlestown
four hundred acres be the same more or less Etc The first of said tracts is situated in Charlte
town aforesaid and bounded as follows to wit Northly on the highway westerly
partly on land of Asa Beach church and partly on land of Stephen Browning and South
ly only on land of Samuel Perry and Stephen Browning and partly on the Salt pond
Easterly on land of Mary Patrick to the first mentioned Bounds The other lot or
parcel of land is situated in South Kingstown and bounded as follows Northly on
the highway Westerly on land of William Browning southwesterly on land of Samuel
Perry and Peleg Beach, Easterly on land of Peleg Beach and Nathan Reynolds
to the first mentioned Bounds And whereas on the twenty seventh day of December
1803 all the estate right title interest and property of the said James Congdon on
the undendivided fourth part in the premises aforesaid were by me the said Nathanel
Littlebridge sold at public auction for the satisfaction of the said Executions to Ezra R
Gardner of South Kingstown in the said County of Washington Esqre Agent for himself
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James Shearman son John R. Shearman Rowland Rowland Reginald Crystal R. Gardner Th
R. Wells William Richards by Cous. French Leo Bradford John Segar James the
Jonathan Daboch John G. Clark George Hazard Benjamin Green and John
T. Nichols all of South Kingstown or the County of Washington James Abraham
D. Patterson of North Kingstown and Joseph the Rev. of Westerly in said
County of Washington Hopiah Bedell of the State of Connecticut and
Benjamin Congdon of Warwick in the County of Kent who with the said Clark
R. Gardner constitute the Narragansett Cotton Manufactory Company whereas
The said Bedell for the sum of one hundred and seventy dollars which the
Eliza R. Gardner in his said conveyance has since well and truly paid me the
said Nathan Littlebridge Now know ye that by force and virtue of the
Law in such case made and provided If the said Nathan Littlebridge in
Consideration of the sum of Money paid unto me as aforesaid do by these presents
bargain sell assign and set over unto the said Eliza R. Gardner James Rowan
John R. Shearman Rowland Rowland Hazard Reginald Crystal R. Gardner Thomas Th
R. Wells William Richards by Cous. French Leo Bradford John Segar James the
Jonathan Daboch John G. Clark George Hazard Benjamin Green and John
T. Nichols James Abraham D. Patterson Joseph the Rev. of Westerly Hopiah
Bedell and Benjamin Congdon to them their heirs and assigns forever as
Co owners and proprietors of the aforesaid Narragansett Cotton Manufactory all the
Land tenements and hereditaments with all their appurtenances etc etc on the
above described with all the Estate right title interest property forchest and
appurtenance of the said James Boosden of and to the said premises of appurtenances
To Have and to hold the said premises and appurtenances unto the said
Eliza R. Gardner James Rowan James Shearman John R. Shearman Rowland Rowland Reginald Crystal
R. Gardner Thomas Th R. Wells William Richards by Cous. French Leo Bradford
John Segar James the Jonathan Daboch John G. Clark George Hazard Benjamin
Green John T. Nichols James Abraham D. Patterson Joseph the Rev. of Westerly Hopiah
Bedell and Benjamin Congdon to them their heirs and assigns forever in proportion to their several
shares in said Man ufactory In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my Seal this 25th day of December in the Year of our Lord an
thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
Nathan Littlebridge [seal]
Executed in Presence of
Philip Taylor
Malbone Gardner
N.B. The cond. "in proportion to their several shares in said
Manufac'ry" on the 2nd page of this Instrument are interlined here
after signing and sealing
Recorded Jan.y 25th
1814
P. Coof T.C. Washington y January 28th day 1814 Personally came
Nathan Littlebridge subscriber to the within written Instrument a Deed
acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary act and deed with his
hand and Seal thereto offered before one John White Justice Peace