The instrument's own words
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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come. 83
I Joseph Card of Charlestown in the County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island
Send Greeting. Know Ye, THAT I the said Joseph Card for and in consideration of the sum of
one dollar
Newman B Card of said Charlestown to hand before the consenting hereof well and truly paid by
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and say therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and of every part and parcel
do forever remise acquit and discharge how the said Newman B Card his
heirs, executors and administrators fully and perfectly forever given grant bargained and sold aforesaid conveyed and confirmed; and
by these presents do firmly fully and absolutely give grant sell above grant offset convey and confirm unto the said
heirs and assigns forever
all that right title and interest which I have in and to a certain
lot of land the same being four fourths of the lot of lying in Charlestown
containing by estimation seventy five acres be the same more or less
containing by estimation seventy five acres be the same more or less
with a dwelling house also other buildings thereon standing and
is bounded North by line of Robert H. Matthews and Samuel
B. Card, easterly partly by line of Robert A. Matthews, partly by land
of the house of Stephen Clarke and partly by land of Henry Brown
Southerly by a highway and Westerly partly by land of Isaac Spooner
Card partly by line of Isaac T. Spooner and partly by a highway
or however otherwise the same may be bounded, meaning and
intending by these presents to convey to the said Newman B Card
his heirs and assigns forever the said four fourths of all the heritable
form of my father John B Card late of said Charlestown deceased
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said Newman B Card his
heirs and assigns forever to his and their only proper use benefit and labour forever. And I the said
Joseph Card
for myself my heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Newman B Card his
heirs and assigns that at and before the consenting hereof I am the true sole and lawful owner of the above described
premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right at good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance
in fee simple and that I have and in my right to dispose of the same and that the said premises are free of all incumbrances
and that I will and may warrant to and with the said Newman B Card his
heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by himself and heirs protectively peacefully and
quietly have hold occupy use possess and enjoy the said premises with all the appurtenances free and clear freely and
perfectly without any manner of molestation of void and foil and all manner of other or formerly of either grants sales mortgages sales
estates jointures dowries judgments executions and conveyances of what name or nature soever other that signify in any measure or degree obstruct
or make void this present deed.
Furthermore I the said Joseph Card
for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree the above described
premises to defend the said Newman B Card his
heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day
of January during the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine
By order of the Clerk and signed informed
Charlestown signed Joseph Card
Charles Coxes witness James B. Card witness Joseph Card S.D.
Washington city Charlestown forgery 1889. Personally came Joseph Card
and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and
voluntary act and deed Signed and sealed in presence of Charles Coxes Justice of the Peace
of the District of Kent Province of Rhode Island 6th 1889 at 8 oclock PM and Recorded
by Charles Coxes Reg. Clerk
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