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To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas the
General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in our Ltd, and by his
hereditary successor appointed the Honorable Stephen Hopkins Esqr Jmes Maury Esqr Joseph Jennings Esqr
and Solomon Robinson Esqr, a Committee to Settle & Adjust the rights of the V. & Common of the
of Thomas Nington late Owner of the Narragansett Land of Sachems and to agree in the size of
of several of the Sands as well as discharge his Debts, and the Necessary Expenses attending
upon which whereas the V. & Common is since declared, and proper Deeds of January 1741 of S.
and others who were not parties were not in the opinion of the V. & Common duly and sufficiently
to the purchasers of said Lands, and relieves the General Assembly at their Session in July 1771
and that the afores. Committee or the major part of them chose with the Board of the
said V. & Common or the major part of them and opposite said Board of January the 11th of the
Nove. 1800, 1780 the 18th the V. &
Honble Stephen Hopkins, Joseph Jennings, David Robinson, with Henry
Henry Jarvis, James Moore, William Vachon, Christopher Curry and David Phillips the Consent of
the V. & Common whose action in behalf of said Lands, and in consideration of paying the void
V. & Common's just Debts but more especially for in consideration of the Sum of One Thousand
Eighty Pounds Earnest money Third Portion and One thousand, to be paid hereon according hereby and
fully paid and by Clay Boye of Providence in the County of Kings County of Colony aforesaid
Given the Receipt the amount as above mentioned and sufficient however fully completed and paid
Have given, granted bargained and sold transferred assigned conveyed and confirmed and by this Deed
fully have, and absolutely given, grant bargain sell transfer assign convey unto him the
said Clay Boye his Heirs and Assigns forever certain Tract of Land or Part of said Lands
lying and being in the Town of Providence and opposite near, containing by Estimation 210 Acres
Close and On the North by the same more or less 20 poles and bounded so following beginning
at such Stake Olive at the Head of the Cold Spring marking on said Land, from there West by
23 Degrees North 9 Chains and 2 Links to a Stake with a mark notched in there With
then North 23 Degrees West 24 Chains and 2 Links to a Stake witness from there West 25
North 24 Chains to a stake with a mark on it by a Flat stone bounding on the Southern side Thomas
bounding westerly by said land until it comes to the County Road to a heap of Stones’
Easterly bounding furtherly with a Stake until it comes to the Highway bounding from a
Stake established to Eastern north westerly by some length until it comes to the 180
containing One for the said Clay Boye purchased of Isaac Allen formerly last with All the
Cross deeds by said Isaac Allen's Grant bounding there bound by said Stake bring there by
said Highway to the Cold Spring marking from there stream & brook with the fore mentioned Bounds
to have and to hold the aforesaid Land and bounds there with all the belongings
Rights privileges Commonages and Appurtenances unto the same Belonging forever in any way until
running to him the vid said Clay Boye his Heirs and Assigns forever to his own and only use
by Joseph and David before witness that we the said Committee aforesaid agree to be duly bound
in the sum of the R. Clay Boye his Heirs and Assigns that we shall and may forever
the above have, held right enjoy, possess and enjoy the same for himself and his heirs and that
Claims of no other Person claiming the same, by form or error under the V. & Common or any of the
Sachems or their Heirs or by form under any other either one or some of them
On Witness whereof we the said Committee and for Consent hereon have set our Hand and seal
this Eighteenth Day of the Eleven month of the Year of our Lord 1781 In the Name of God Amen
Given’s in our Sovereign’s 1781 Stephen Hopkins
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of
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