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paid my said husband, he hereby release and relinquists to the said
charles holden all my right of dower in the premises hereby conveyed
v/n Testifying hereof we have hereto set our hands and
seals That this twenty seventh day of March in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy one (A.D. 1871)
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Isaac Price for Rowland L. Hazard L.S.
[illegible] Rowland Hazard L.S.
Revenue Stamp Margaret R. Hazard L.S.
$1.50
State of Rhode Island ss
in Providence sc
I in Providence This twenty seventh
day of March A.D. 1871 Then Rowland L. Hazard and
charles Hazard severally personally appeared before me
and acknowledged that they execute this instrument By them signed
to be their free act and deed
Geo. M. Carpenter Jr
Justice of the Peace
Received for Record July 25th 1871
at 9 o clock A.M. and recorded
by Charles Cross Town Clerk
Narragansett Pier June 13th /71
[illegible] This is to certify that I have sold to
Benjamin Mason her my interest in my mothers Estate in Charlestown
Rhode Island for the sum of forty $ dollars
Charles Alson her
Witness D. W. Crandall
Received for Record Oct 6th 1872
at 10 o clock A.M. and recorded
by Chas. Cross Town Clerk