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264 guaranteee by my surety and partner and a part from her separate freehold estate
the foregoing indenture duly signed sealing having been shown and explained unto
me, by me, and being it apparent clearly understood and declared that said signor to be
of perfect memory and voluntarily act good deed and settled that the said instrument
to belong to the same of [illegible] before me Joseph W. Thompson, notary public
hereunto do. In East Providence this 28 day of March AD 1819
before me personally appeared William Jennings and acknowledged the
foregoing deed to be his free will and voluntary act and declared the
reason for receiving the same to be [illegible] Joseph W. Thompson
at a notary in Providence by recorded in the land evidence register
Know all men by these presents that I William S. Green of Charlestown in
the State of Rhode Island and considerations of the sum of ten hundred dollars
to me paid by the Holy Trinity Savings Bank in Providence Island to bargain and sell to the
said Savings Bank their successors and assigns a certain lot or parcel of land
situated in the town of Providence State of Rhode Island within Charlestown and State of land
bounded on the North by the lot of [illegible] South by the lot of [illegible] East by land of [illegible] West by land of [illegible] Reserve that by the
heir or heirs of whoever the same now be enumerated and containing eight
rods zero inches square all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with the
appurtenances belonging thereunto to the said Holy Trinity Savings Bank their
successors and assigns forever do I hereby covenant with said the said Savings
Bank that the same said granted premises are free from all incumbrances and that I
will warrant and defend the same against the claims of said Savings Bank their successors
and assigns against the lawfull claims and demands of all persons
And I [illegible] lawful spouse of said William S. Green in consideration of the
same aforesaid do hereby release and forever quit claim to the said Savings
Bank their successors and assigns all my right of dower in and to the appertaining
premises. The consideration of the deed is such that the said William S.
Green has contracted a mortgage promissory note bearing interest accrue date hereafter
and now payable to the said Savings Bank in order ever six months after date to pay
the sum of nine hundred dollars with interest on the same compounded to reimburse from hand to
hand either before the amount of the same or part thereof. And therefore
if I the said William S. Green or my other heirs or assigns fail to pay said note and
all the rentals of the same in maturity according to the tenor thereof then that said
Bank the mortgage shall become absolute in full fee
Furthermore I the said William S. Green do hereby appoint Simon Jennings
treasurer of said Savings Bank or his successors in due void as my attorney irrevocable
in full power of solicitation and reservation to sell at public auction the said
premises at any time of after void in note or part note shall become due and remains unpaid
or by the space of one day first giving notice thereof for at least three weeks in some
public newspaper published in the town of Providence and upon said sale shall
use my name or this name execute good and sufficient deed or deeds to the
premises with the usual covenants of warranty to secure and to pay the
purchasees or estate in fee simple in their premises and my estate and secure the
purchase money and after paying all the costs and expenses of said sale and all such
money due from me to said Savings Bank to apply the remainder to me or my heirs
and for other Authority ratifying all things which my said attorney shall do for the premises aforesaid. Further more I the said William S. Green do hereby
covenant with the said Savings Bank that insurance against loss by fire shall
be kept and maintained upon the buildings on the premises aforesaid at such offer of
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