The instrument's own words
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Execution
Washington S.C. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Sends to the Sheriff of one several Counties or to their Deputies
Greeting
Whereas Amos
Grace of Charlestown in the County of Washington by the
execution of our Subordinate Court held at South Kingstown
within and for our County of Washington, on the Third Monday
August next, against Joseph A.
Church and Albert Church of said Charlestown executors
of the business by the style of A & Albert Church Church fn. for the
sum of 118 $ 80 cts damages and 8 dolls & costs of suit as
to our appearance of record whereof execution remains to be
We command you therefore that the goods chattels and
real estate attached of the said Joseph A & Albert Church Church fn. within
your precinct you cause to be seized and paid into the said plaintiff
The aforesaid sums being acknowledged & fully paid for 100 dollars
in the whole, with 2% ints for this writ said hand also to satisfy
opposed for upon run as
Certif. paid in full and
make true return of this writ, and if you obtain leave to
move supreme Court, to be holden at South Kingstown within
and for the County of Washington, on the Third Monday of
August next. Thomas Thomas Doyle Esquire
C.C. at South Kingstown this 24th day of May in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy six.
John G. Schulke Clerk.
Washington Sec. In Charlestown in said Court on
this 24th day of May 1876, at 3 o'clock P.M. I have
this day served the within Execution on the right title
and interest in which the within named A & Albert Church
& Albert C church fn. had on the 11th day of November
1876 at 11 o'clock 30 minutes A.M. at the time of the original
writ and to two certain tracts of land situated in said
Charlestown with all the improvements thereunto belonging
the first tract is a parcel lot bought of Jason W. Greene
& bounded Easterly on land of Samuel J. Tucker Northerly
on land of Jason W. Greene Westerly on land of George the
Nursery & Southerly by the sea or however otherwise bounded.
The second tract is a beach lot bounded Northerly on land
of Samuel J. Tucker Westerly on land as above described
Southerly by the sea & Easterly on land of James A Kenyon
or however otherwise bounded I have set up notifications
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256 of said levy one at Amos P. Greene one at Joseph La Toure
me at Hartlyville store and that the same will be sold at
Public Auction to be held on the said premises on the
30th day of August AD 1876, at 11 oclock A.M.
office fees 50
service 80
3 notices 1.00
advertising 1.50
What W. Wilcox
Chatt Dept Sheriff
Washington Co In Charlestown in said County on the
30th day of August AD 1876 I caused an advertisement of
the sale of said real estate to be published on that day
and from that day once a week for the space of three weeks
in the Narragansett Times this day in the [illegible] since
being a newspaper printed in said County and we form
appear here to the return of real estate I prove this day said
sale at Public Auction at the time and place named
in the notifications and advertisement before referred to
by Albert Colburn of Charlestown the highest bidder
for the same, for the sum of 892.50 dollars the cost of
11.00 dollars leaving the amount 812.25 dollars towards
the within Execution, I return the within Execution
unsatisfied for the amount of 24.75 dollars
Richard W. Wilcox
Dept Sheriff
Received for myself Sept 18th 1876 at 8 o clock A.M.
and recorded by Charles Knox Town Clerk
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