The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I Brister Michael of
Chauntown in the State of Rhode Island and Providence and etc etc to Rhode Island
in consideration of the Sum of Four Hundred Dollars paid unto me by John M
Gard from the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant
bargain sell and convey and assign for ever to the said John M Gard his
heirs and assigns forever all that piece of land situate in
the village of Curtinville in said town containing one half an acre
more or less as follows beginning on the boundary of George Lot
adjacent nearby made to a stake and the same from WM Harvey 4
rods North 45 East and then West 4 rods said land is bounded on North by S Sands
Eastwise on said town from Page 353 with all the Heritages appurtenances
tenure hereby belonging
To have and to hold the said grants and bargained premises with
the privileges and appurtenances thereunto to the said John M Gard his
heirs and assigns forever I do hereby make a condition of this deed that
no intoxicating liquors or other such that are now sale or be sold or be kept sale on the
premises hereby conveyed the said warranty the heirs and assigns shall
uphold and maintain the same to the forbid of the premises forever
And I the said Brister for myself my next successor and determine
covenant that so far as the right is mine to do and I do hereby assure that I will
warrant and defend the forementioned premises to the said Gard his heirs
his heirs and assigns forever against the right claims and demands of all
persons claiming by through or under me
And I reserve unto myself the right of way from Brister in consideration of the
above said premises in said reserve my right relinquish my right of Rover
on the premises here conveyed
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
said day October in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
and Eighty six
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Brister Michael ss
My [illegible] M. Michael ss
Revenue Stamp
80 cts
State of Rhode Island ss
Epworth Oct 8 1886
Then personally appeared Brister Michael and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument by him signed to be his voluntary act and the
seal thereto affixed
Before me Paul N Clark Justice of the peace
Noted for record Nov 16th 1889 at 8 o'clock PM Recorded by
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Charles Land
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I am sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request. There is no handwriting on the provided page to transcribe; the document consists of a printed legal form with blank spaces that have not been filled in.