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C[h]arleston in Washington County the Fourth Day of March AD 1786
Came the Above Subscribers and Acknowledged the Above and foregoing Instrument to be their
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Thomas Hall of the town of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
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land called and known by this Indenture and by Thomas Lewis Hustler Man of the aforesaid County and State have
said Indenture by their signatures and my self Hereunto fully Satisfied and Contented and
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done Benefit of Possession to him the sd Thomas House his Heirs and Assigns against the Lawful Claims
or Demands of any person or Persons whatsoever Counters & Assigns to Beyond the Water
I the Thomas Hall hereunto set my Hand Seal the Twenty Fourth Day of June One thousand
one hundred and Eighty eight year of our Lord And in the Seventh Year of our sovereign republic
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& acknowledged the above and foregoing Instrument to be his act and
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[illegible] Justice of the Peace.
To All Peoples to whom these presents shall come Greeting Whereas we that
I Nathan Ringen of Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island
ye German. HAVE given and in consideration of the sum of One hundred and One thousand
Twenty Dollars lawful Money to me in hand Well and Truly paid by my son Gardner Ringen now
residing in the town of Washington in the county of sd State and Province I do hereby
Acknowledge my Seb 11th day of July 18th fully Satisfied Content and paid with all and Every
part and parcel those things the hereby especially Mentioned and Described the sd Gardner Ringen
his Heirs Executors and Assigns forever by the aforsaid Hall grant promised conveyed
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known as farm B and is by Estimation Forty five acres be the same more or less and is
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forever to his and theirs Only Proper use Benefit and his heirs forever and I the sd
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