4/20/1865 · LEASE · book 9 page 50 doc 3966

50 "Know all men by these presents that I Welcome Card of Sterling in the County of Windham State of Connecticut, for and in consideration of the sum of Sixty dollars to be paid annually on the 1st day of April 1863 by Elizabeth Card wife of Simon W Card, of Killingly, County and State aforesaid, have demised and to lease let to said Elizabeth Card land and to hold this premises to farm and tenure said Elizabeth Card for her sole and separate use and benefit her heirs executing administration and assigns our certain farm or piece of land lying and situated in Sterling in the County of Windham, State of Rhode Island, containing about 100 acres, with all the buildings and other buildings thereon standing, bounded with land of William Card of Sterling, West on Green Card, North on Green Card and peace Green Moore, East on [illegible] Green Jason, for the term of five years from the 1st day of April 1863 fully to be contented and satisfied; said Elizabeth Card agrees to have fenced out all her pasture, not to cut eaves roots grass and to cut them where said W Card thinks best, and to cut corn in sheaves, and furthermore she is to draw off the small stones in said meadow, 2 acres yearly during said term of five years and the new meadows are to be heaped up in the spring, and carried out in the fall, and new drawn where said W Card thinks desirable to full them, and furthermore he said Elizabeth Card and Simon W Card agrees her husband, to do agree to take good care of the orchards not to be plowed some of them every year and as much of them as said W Card thinks proper to be cut up all the brush in the woods on our said farm in good order and to be tight of yearly, and take the bark off the birch and burn it off and of time to buy locking or needed the said Elizabeth Card and her for husband Simon W Card are to see that they keep up well manage the farm according to the principles of good husbandry and to pay all taxes on the same together with sixty dollars yearly rent for the use of the house and taxes to and lease afterward furthermore the said Elizabeth Card and her husband Simon W Card agrees to let the site where make outens, the south 23 rods to be kept as pasture for her horn and goat and agree said W Card store them where her corn grows. It is agreed that said Elizabeth Card is to rent out but one family and to use such roads as W Card directs they are to have all the rights of said Welcome Card when they do take them get there furthermore said Elizabeth Card and Simon W Card her husband are to see not to allow any thing bad and overn on the farm it is to be all performed with liberty farm without any ill word, likewise they shall not cut any wood nor sell off said farm without liberty farm with W Card, she said Elizabeth Card has the right and privilege to hunt, any game with in the said term of five years, by paying the said Welcome Card all taxes there on and the end of as written the said term documentation. Moreover provided this lease upon conditions that if said Elizabeth Card and her husband shall not farm and see for manage the said farm on the principle of good husbandry take good care of the buildings kept in good order of the above condition is not complied with said grantor reserves to himself the right to terminate this lease by giving one month the notice at the event of any court of law. Signed, Sealed and Delivered witness of that I have set my hand and seal this 18th day of March 1863. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Welcome Card Aaron & Harris C & D Elizabeth Card L S Simon W Card L S State of Conn. Windham County SS. Killingly March 28, 1863. Personally appeared Welcome Card, Elizabeth Card & Simon W Card, above named and signed of aforesaid instrument and acknowledged he to be their free act and deed before me Anthony Jones, Notary Public. Received for Record April 20th 1863 at 8 o'clock and recorded by Coln. Moore Clerk per H. G. F.

264 a STATEMENT OF COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS, a copy thereof having this day been received by the mortgagor, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the exact terms of which are on record in said Charlestown Land Evidence in Book 34, at page 40. Said covenants and agreements are hereby by reference made part of this mortgage, and if default shall be made in the performance or observance of any of the same, it shall be lawful for the mortgagee to sell the above described premises pursuant to said STATUTORY POWER OF SALE. And for the consideration aforesaid, we, said mortgagors release to the mortgagee all right of (dower)(&curtesy) and all other rights, statutory or otherwise, in the afore- described premises. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed these presents on the 27th day of August, 1954. Executed in presence of Thomas Sutcliffe HENRY S. BRIGHTMAN FAITH I. BRIGHTMAN INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Westerly on the 27th day of August, 1954, before me personally appeared the above named Henry S. Brightman and Faith I. Brightman to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument by them executed to be their free act and deed. HERBERT E. COOKS Notary Public Received for record August 28th, A. D. 1954 at 3:35 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk Industrial National Bank of Providence, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage, recorded in the Land Evidence records in the Town of Charlestown in Book 34 at page 265 hereby cancel and discharge the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, said Company has caused these Presents to be signed and its Corporate Seal to be heremunto affixed by its proper officers, duly authorized, this 6th day of February February A. D. 1956. Signed and sealed in presence of Doris B. Davis INDUSTRIAL NATIONAL BANK of Providence (Corporate Seal) by Hiram Kendall Manager Thomas Sutcliffe Asst. Manager Received for record February 7th, A. D. 1956 at 10:20 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk