The instrument's own words
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432 Know all men by these presents that one Ethan Pendelton and his
wife A Pendelton wife of aforesaid Ethan of Charlestown in the State of Rhode
Island, as Considerations of the sum of Three Hundred Dollars to be paid
by the Mostly Savings Bank in Providence Island to bargain and
sell to said Savings Bank their successors and assigns a certain lot
of land situated in said town of Charlestown containing
by estimation Seven acres more or less bounded on the
west by land of Joseph Maunsell Notley, by said Maunsell
and by land owned by Edward Miller, and Thomas Harris and
on the north by land owned by Joshua Clarke deceased & on the
south by lot situated in deed to said Sophia A Pendelton from
Daniel & Lawrence savings date July 2nd AD 1810 and conveyed in
land evidence of said Charlestown Book Page 525 difference
had for the bounds thereof So and there to hold the said piece granted
bargained premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereof to the
said Mostly Savings Bank their successors and assigns forever and
we do hereby covenant with the said Savings Bank that the above said
premises free from all encumbrances and that we will warrant
and defend the same to the said savings Bank their successors
and assigns against the lawful claims their demands & all persons
The completion of the deed is that when the said Ethan Pendelton has
executed his mortgage promissory note bearing zero date henceforth and made
payable to the said savings bank or order for twelve months after date for the sum
of Three Hundred Dollars with int until it is completely paid to convey from time
to time either for the whole amount of the estate or for a part thereof
Now therefore we of the said one Ethan & Sophia A Pendelton to any attorney
or attorneys shall pay and quit claim all and execute all of the warrants necessary to accomplish the
above described things then this deed shall be void & therefore shall remain in full force
and effect Furthermore we the said Ethan Pendelton & Sophia A Pendelton do hereby appoint
Someone by these presents one of the savings Bank or their successor in said office
their attorney irrevocably with full power of substitution to alter all
future partitions the said premises or their some part sale and mortgage whatever
they may find bought and certain useful purposes for the space of ten days following
their whole therefore for at least these weeks in some public newspaper published in the
town of Northfield and upon sale and sell such in our name or in the name
of some other person duly authorized deed or deed of premises with the second covenant
of warranty so as to vest in the purchaser or purchasers an estate in fee simple in the
premises and may collect and receive the purchase money and after paying my
the cost and Expense of said sale and all other money for the same to be and bring
pay the residue into our or our heirs and assigns satisfy all things
which may be lawfully done by our one attorney for the purposes aforesaid
Of the testimony whereof we have set our hands & seals this 1st day of
June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
By me process
David H Cove
Ethan A Pendelton
Sophia A Pendelton
State of Rhode Island and Providence Planting by me Notary for the State this 1st day of June
AD 1820 Ethan Pendelton personally appeared before me and acknowledged that the writing
above contained by his hand to be his act and doing acting and signed and sealed the writing
and that he did the same for the above purpose offered Sophia A Pendelton his wife and that
she did the same for the above purpose and that she did sign her name to the writing
by her hand and sealed the acknowledgment the witnessed whereat witness my hand
and seal in the presence of the above named parties at Charlestown in the said state on the
date first above written
David H Cove
Notary Public
Filed for Record 1820 at 20th June 1820
and Recorded by Charles Cross from black
Town Clerk
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