The instrument's own words
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188 Know all men by these presents that we Mary & Barber
and Archibald Barber in right of said Mary of Charlestown
in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island in
consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to us paid by
Thomas Ennis of Richmond in county and state the receipt
whereof are hereby acknowledge do hereby remise release
and forever quit claim unto the said Thomas Ennis
his heirs and assigns forever all the right title and interest
which in the said Mary L. and Archibald Barber have
in and to a certain lot of land lying in said Charlestown
containing one hundred and fifty acres more or less with a
dwelling house barn Poll and other buildings thereon standing
bounded as follows beginning at the Northeast corner at
Pyrepatch then northerly on land of the heirs of Hezekiah
Rampson and continuing on land of Emily Jeffs until easterly on
land of said Emily and Emily and Emily Jeffs till angles to
the Stonebridge Road on land of Silas and Thomas L
Jeff south easterly on land of Solomon Thomas L Jeff
and heirs of Oliver Archibald doll until it comes to said
road thence westerly on said river until it comes to the
first mentioned place or figure otherwise the same may
be bounded
The said he are to hold the same to
him the said Thomas Ennis his and assigns forever
with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same
belonging the above described land is known by the
name of Nancy Barber farm late of Charles Taylor done
wife to the said Archibald Barber said A.B. holding the
some as life estate and the said Mr C.B. the right on
reversion after the decease of the spouse of Barber one equal
half of said described lands the condition of this deed
is such that whereas the said Mary L Barber and
Archibald Barber have presented a negotiable promissory
note for the sum of two hundred dollars bearing even date
herwith and made payable to the said Thomas Ennis
a order payable two years from date the interest to be paid
Semiannually provided however if we the said Mary L
and Archibald Barber or one of their executors administrators
or assigns or any other person for us or for them shall pay
said note at maturity together with the interest thereon
according to the tenor thereof this deed shall be void
otherwise shall be and remain in full force and effect
Furthermore we the said Mary L and Archibald
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Braber do hereby constitute and appoint the said Thomas
Ennis his executors administrators and assigns our attorneys
irrevocable with full power of substitution and revocation
for us and in our names or their names at any time in case
default be made in the payment of said note or of the semi
annual interest due thereon or a breach shall be made of the
covenants, such default or breach shall continue for the
term of thirty days to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid or any part thereof just giving after the
expiration of said thirty days thirty days notice of such sale
in the public newspaper printed at Providence and in our names
or in their names to make separate such acknowledge and
deliver to the purchaser or purchasers deed or deeds
they may believe necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers
a full old absolute estate in fee simple therein and on sale
thereof hereby granting unto said our attorneys full power
to continue bind and confirm such sale from time to time,
we do authorize our said attorneys to receive the
amount the same may be sold for and after the payment
of all the expenses incident to such sale or sales to apply
and appropriate the residue thereof to the amount of
principal and interest of said note hereby secured, we
hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the
payment of said semi annual interest, the principal of
said note shall be deemed one sum payable on the
day of such sale accounting to us our heirs or assigns
for all sums over and above the amount thereof we hereby
ratifying approving and confirming such sale or sales
as may be made or cause to be made by virtue hereof
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this twenty ninth day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty five
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Mary C. Barber L.S.
Abel Torrey Archibald Barber L.S.
Mary G. Turner
State of Rhode Island sc
County of Washington ss
This 29th day of November A.D. 1865 personally appeared
Mary C. Barber and Archibald Barber signers of the
within deed and acknowledged the same to be their free
act and deed before me Abel Torrey
Recorded in record Dec 1st 1869 at 41 Notary Public
minutes page three and recorded by Eben Field
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