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[illegible] to have and hold the same with the all
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Charles Congdon
Clerk
Received for record April 14th 1815 It 10 o'clock
& it was recorded by Charles Congdon Clerk
Know all men that I Constantine M. Bassett of Newport
Rhode Island Guardian duly appointed by the Court
of Probate of said Newport of the Estate of Courtland
M. Bassett a Minor Child and heir at law of Joseph
S. Bassett entitle me by virtue of power and authority to sell
at private sale the Real Estate of said ward granted
me in my said capacity of Guardian by said Probate
Court, namely a piece of land entered on the first day
of February 1793 and in consideration of the sum of three hundred
and thirty three and Four dollars pursuant to the condition
of said probate the appraised value of the land hereafter
described and granted to me in said capacity made by
Broadfoot Bliven of the town of Westerly county of Washington
and State aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
do hereby as Guardian as aforesaid grant bargain sell
and convey unto said Broadfoot Bliven his heirs and
assigns forever all the right title interest and property
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of said Courtenay N. Barrett and what the said Courtenay
would heir, at the death of his Grandmother Thankful
Barrett it being an undivided one sixth part of that
parcel of land situated in the town of Charlestown
county of Washington and state aforesaid it being bounded
and described as follows The east of which is bounded
on the north by land of late Joseph Bradford Esqr one
the highway south by lands of theirs of late Joseph South
west by land of late Noahy and others a hundred otherwise
the same may be better delineated or described containing
thirty five acres more or less Also an undivided little
part of another parcel of land in said town of Charlestown
aforesaid beginning at the south east corner of land of
Studley Hall thence north east 78 1/2 west 29 chains and
58 poles to land of Joseph Mackenzie and land of George
N. Sherman on the west for many rods that the parallel
line with the south line will measure sixteen rods thence
east a straight line to Simon Clark third thence southerly
by said Clarks land to the first mentioned bounds
containing fifteen acres more or less Also an undivided
one sixth part of a salt marsh lying in the town
of Charlestown aforesaid containing ten acres by the same
more or less bounded easterly and northerly by the fall
pond Estate by the old breach and southerly by the
land of the heirs of Edward Wilcox Also an undivided
one sixth part of one other lot of land and the buildings
thereon standing situate partly in the town of Charlestown
and partly in the town of Westerly in said county
and state aforesaid bounded northerly on land of
George M. Carlyle and the commons easterly on land
of late Joseph Wilcox south by the salt ford and
westerly on land of Oliver Harris or however otherwise
the same may be bounded describing containing one
hundredly acres by the same more or less I have
and to hold the above granted and bargained premises
with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto
belonging unto said his heirs and assigns to his and
their full and behoof forever Provided I and the said Antoinette
N. Barrett for myself my heirs executors and adminis-
trators do covenant with the said Bradford Bliven his
heirs and assigns that in making the said sale I have
in all things observed the rules and dimensions of the land
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154 that I myself and my heirs shall warrant and defend
the abve granted premises to him the said Bradford
Brown against the lawful claims and demands of all
persons [illegible] In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal, as Guardian as aforesaid this
eighteenth day of February AD 1845.
Signed sealed and delivered
In the presence of A. N. Gavitt Guardian L.S.
Daniel P. Bull
for Courtenland N Gavitt
Joanne R. Nicoll
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Newport Ss In Newport in said County on this
eighteenth day of February AD 1845 Then personally
appeared the faithfully signed Antoinette N Gavitt
the subscriber to the aforesaid instrument to be
her free and voluntary act & deed as Guardian
aforesaid
Before me
L.S. Daniel P. Bull
Notary Public
Recied for Record April 7th 1845 at 3 oclock PM &
Recorded in Land Evidence of westerly R.S. Book No 24
at page 239 Witness S. H. Cross
Town Clerk
Recied for Record May 4th 1845 at 2 oclock PM and
Recorded by S. H. Cross Town Clerk