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Know all men by these presents that I Joshua Card jd of Charleston in the County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island and Providence plantation Yeoman, Do Consideration
of the Value to me paid by William Card of Charleston, in Washington County and State
of Rhode Island and Providence plantation Yeoman the Receipt whereof I do hereby
Acknowledge have Received Released and forever Quitclaimed and do by these Presents
Remise Release and forever Lease and Let unto the said William Card his heirs and Assigns for-
ever Three Separate Lots of Land Two parts of old Lot of old Lot lying in Charleston and the Other
lying in South Kingstown Containing by Estimation Seventy acres be they the same or other
being Thus described and boundedly bounded by Lydia Card wife of Charles Card of Charleston then and conveyed
by Indenture of Indenture Card one of the heirs to Joshua Card of the heirs Boundedly and boundedly as follows
lying in Charleston with a part of a dwelling house Three rooms Standing bounded on the
North and East on land of Joshua Card jr. on the West and South on land of John Bonney
and bounded on the North side on land of Thomas Berry jr. Easterly and Westerly and West-
ly bounded by land of Joshua Card jr. Opposite on the West by the Westerly line of the
Lot lying in South Kingstown bounded on the Northerly and West on land of John Potter
on the South and on land of Edgecomb bounded Easterly and on land of Luther Potter Do Have
and Do Sell and the Same together with all the Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto
belonging to the said William Card and his heirs his heirs and Assigns forever In Venditio
and Vendi the wife of the aforesaid Joshua Card the said Indenture above Written do Witness
and surrender all my Right of Dower and prise of Prise and Preise of thirds of and to the above described
and Bargained Premises unto the said William Card his heirs and Assigns forever
In Witness whereof We have Hereunto Set our hands and seals this twenty fourth day of
December AD 1818.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
Joshua Card (L.S)
Joseph Coope
Sarah Card (L.S)
David Clarke Jr.
Recorded November 27
1818 by Samuel Stanton
J.S. Clarke
Charleston, in Washington County day and date above
Written Immediately appeared the within Named Joshua Card jd and
Sarah Card his wife and acknowledged the within Deed to be their
Voluntary Act and deed and did sign and seal before me the November
Joseph Coope Justice of the Peace