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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
Wm Hogard G. Norton and Ruth L. Kingston of Eastchester Albemarle County
the said Ruth being wife of said Wm Hogard
Send Greeting. Know Ye That we the said Hogard & Ruth
for and in consideration of the sum of
Four thousand one hundred fifty dollars
in hand before the executing hereof well and truly paid by
Charles Mason, Jonathan Hogard and Benjamin W. Muddy of Westerly in said state
and William Norton of Stormington County of New London Ct. & others etc. and receipt of
the receipt whereof we have hereunto acknowledged our hands and seals fully ratified confirmed and paid; and thereof of every part and parcel
the said grantses their
their heirs and assignes forever.
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do hereby freely and fully acknowledge give grant bargain sell offer convey confirm and assure unto the said
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for me or for them shall pay said note at maturity together with the interest thereon
according to the tenor thereof hereafter this deed shall be null & void otherwise shall he and sureties be seized in
full force and effect. Furthermore I the said Hazard L Kenyon of Newport, do hereby constitute
and appoint the said Legacies their Executors administrators and assigns as my attorneys
irrevocable with full power of substitution and reservation for me for any time
on my own name or names or premises at any hour or time or vessel should be made in the payment of
my said note or of the demolished mutual insurance the tenure or breach shall the made
of the insurance of homeowners hereinafter entitled and such deposit or breach shall be substituted
on the term of longevity to deal in full settlement such the principal aforesaid or any part
thereof they finding after the expiration of the said term of four days bring said note
of sale and save me one of the public notary peace printers in and near County of Washington
State Rhode Island and on my name or names or names to modify, execute,
set, acknowledge and deliver to the purchasers or purchasers thereof hand and seal or
deeds such may be necessary to secure in such absolute purchase or purchases full force and
absolute estate in the simplest tenure and out sale thereof (namely paying me
seventy five and any attorney fees to constitute or accomplish such sale the amount
to be held) I do authorize my said attorneys to insure that the amount the same
pay sale for and after the payment of all the expenses incident to such sale
and sales to apply and appropriate the residue thereof to the payment of the
amount of principal and interest of said note hereby secured I hereby agree
that in case of a sale for the default in the payment of said sum aforesaid
interest or breach of said covenants of insurance the principal of my said
note shall be deemed due and payable in the day of such sale acknowledging
to me or my heirs and assigns for all sums over and above the amount
thereof I hereby ratifying approving and confirming such sale or sales
as long as he should be enabled to make by lawful fee hiring
Furthermore we the said Hazard L Kenyon and wife for ourselves and for our
heirs executors administrators and assigns do hereby covenant with the said
Mapson & Co their heirs or assigns that sufficient insurance against loss by fire
shall be kept and maintained on the premises described in the firstforesaid
in a sum not less than eighteen hundred dollars and that the policies
or policies of such insurance shall be assigned and transferred to the said
Mapson & Co their heirs and assigns as collateral security hereto and
in default thereof we hereby agree that the said Mapson & Co their heirs
or assigns may effect such insurance and the premium or premiums
paid thereon shall be a further lien upon the said estate collateral to the
amount of said note and secured by these presents
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty six
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
T. Cross
James Stallman
H. L. Kenyon L.S.
Elizabeth L. Kenyon L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
Washington Co
AD 1866. Hazard L Kenyon personally appeared before me and acknowledged
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