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One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two, signed, sealed and
delivered In Presents
Off: Poly Hossey
William Gardner
Joseph Stanton
To all People To whom these Presents shall come Greeting
Know ye that Joshua Card of Charlestown in Washington County Co State of
Rhode Island Yeaman, that for the Consideration of the Love & Good will
I have & Bear to my son Achur Card of Town beingy in State above d
I hereby in Consideration of whom I Acknowledge my self thou fully satisfied
Yeaman, in Consideration of whom I Acknowledge my self thou fully satisfied
Contract & Paid Me by the Presents agree & Discharge him their heirs acres Card, his
Descendants & heirs do by the Presents Give Grant Bargain & Sell unto him the
s Achur Card his heirs & Assigns one certain Parcel of Land lying &
being in the Charlestown being about Fifty Acres more or less
or more & in Width & Length as follows Beginning at a [illegible] by the Square nail’d to a stake &
there from West 20 Rods, thence North West by the Square nail’d to a stake &
thence South east 12 Acres, North west One Hundred Forty Eight Rods & Oleands
to a Black oak Tree south 23 Degrees west North Joseph Hopkins’s land
bounded Southly Partly by 20 Rods of Land & Partly by St Pauls Boundary
Northly & easterly by the Great land’s Bound To Have and To Hold all
the above Described Premises with all the Privileges & appurtenances there on
or thereon belonging or in many other appertaining unto him the s Achur Card and
his heirs & assigns forever Without any use or trust or benefit to Any person &
the s Joshua Card do forevermore my heirs Descendants do Confirm Grant
Grant to with the s Achur Card his heirs in all and that Before the Expiring
hence I am the true & lawful owner of the above Described Premises &
im Lawfully seised of the same in mine own right as of Good Estate of
Inheritance in fee simple and have in myself Good Right Full Power &
Lawfull authority to Give & Dispose of the same in manner & form of bound
& that s Achur Card his heirs & assigns shall more & forever from this Day
onwards by these Presents have Hold Possess & Enjoy the aforesaid Land
of all forever Concerns whatsoever Furthermore I the s Joshua Card do
agree my self my heirs Descendants do warrant of all Claims or Demand until
Permit & Do warrant Defend & secure the same against the lawfull
Claim of any Person what so ever unto him the s Achur Card his heirs &
assigns Forever In Witness Whereof I have set my hand & seal
this 21 day of may 1783 Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presents
Off: Augustus Harmon
Thobias Stoker
Joseph Card & Co
month
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Washington may 28th 1783 the subscriber Joshua Card
Personally appeared & acknowledged & admitted the above offer Given Deed to be
his & his Deed hand and seal there unto affixed
Before Robert Hunter Just Peace
Recorded the 17 Day of July 1783 By John Langdon Clk
To all People To whom these Presents shall Come
Greeting Whereas that I Joshua Card of Charlestown in Dutchess Coun
tying State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said State of the said 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