The instrument's own words
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382 To all People to whom these Presents shall come I S Afford
Notary of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island signes here called the grantor & Send Gaskell
Roper called the said grantor forever and in consideration of the
sum of Six Hundred Dollars to me in hand before the executing
hereof well and truly paid by George Kendrick of said Charlestown
hereinafter called the grantee the receipt whereof I do hereby
acknowledge and am thoroughly fully satisfied contented bars
paid and free of every part and parcel parcel thereof do grant
assign and deliver giving and delivering the whole premises those premises
and all Annexes thereunto appurtenances pure presents have given grant
dingly and by these presents do fully fully and absolutely give
grant bargain sell alienate convey of property and confirm unto
the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever a certain
farm situated in said Charlestown and containing ten acres more
one hundred and forty acres more or less with all the buildings
thereon for the boundaries of which preference is made to a
deed of the same from Handmill Simpson to me dated May
4th 1791 hand or recorded in said Charlestown
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained
premises with all the appurtenances privileges and
commonties to the same belonging or in any wise pertaining
to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever to his and their
only proper use benefit and behalf forever And the said
grantor for myself my heirs Executors and Administrators do
covenant promise bound grant to and with the said grantee
his heirs and assigns That at or before the executing hereof
I the same true selling and lawful owner of the above bargained
Premises and am lawfully seised and possessed of the same
in my own proper right absolute perfect and a absolute estate of
inheritance in fee simple and have in myself good right
full power and lawful authority to grant bargain sell
convey and confirm the said bargained Premises in manner
as aforesaid And that the said grantee his heirs and
assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times
forever hereafter by force and virtue of these presents lawfully
peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess and
enjoy the said demised and bargained Premises with the
appurtenances free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted
incorporated and discharged of any and all all manner
of former or other gifts grants bargains sales leases mortgages
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wills entails jointures dowries judgments executions and encumbrances
of what name or nature soever, that might in any measure or degree
obstruct or make void this present deed. Furthermore
I the said grantor for myself my Heirs Lege heirs and Administrators
do covenant and engage the above described premises to the said
grantee his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful claims or demands
of any person or persons in whatsoever force or manner same and
defend by these presents. And whereas Mr. Hensie mps of the
said Alfred Hensie in consideration of the sum paid as aforesaid
do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee his
heirs and assigns all my right Owner in and to the aforementioned
Premises. The condition of this Deed is such that whereas
I the said Alfred Hensie have executed my negotiable promissory
note for the sum of four hundred dollars payable every three months
payable to said George Burdick or other three years
after dated with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum,
payable annually until said principal sum is paid in full whether
it be after maturity, and all installments of interest in arrears,
whether before or after maturity to four per cent interest at the rate
aforesaid till paid. Now therefore I the said grantor or
or my Heirs Executors Administrators or assigns, or any other person,
for me or for them, shall pay said note at maturity, together
with the interest thereon according to the terms preferred This then
Deed shall be void utterly null and be remain in full
force and effect. Furthermore the said grantor do
hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee his Executors,
Administrators and Assigns, my Attorneys irrevocable, with
full power of substitution and successors for me, and in my
name or in their names or names at any time, in case of default
shall be made in the payment of my said note or of the
annual interest due thereon and such default shall continue
for the term of ten days, to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid, or any part thereof, they first giving after the
expiration of said term of ten days, twenty days notice of
such sale in some one of the public newspapers printed in
this state and in my name or in their names or names, to make,
execute, seal acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof any Deed or Deeds that may be necessary, to
vest in such purchase or purchasers a full and absolute
Estate in fee simple there in and sole part hereof (and here by
granting unto my said Attorneys, full powers to continue or
adjourn such sale from time to time) I do authorize my said
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384 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 a proportionate the residue thereof to the
payment of the amount of principal and interest of my
said note hereby secured, agreeing that in case of
sale for default in the payment of said annual interest the
principal of my said note shall be deemed one sum and
now payable on the day of such sale accounting to one or my
heirs and assigns for all sums over and above the amount
thereof & here by ratifying approving and confirming such
sale or sales as may be made or caused to be made by the write
hereof
In my Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
our hands and seals this first day of January in the year of
our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of Alfred Wortie L.S.
Leharie Loros Sarah M. Wortie L.S.
State of Rhode Island &c.
Washington Co. In Charlestown,
this first day of January AD 1878. The above named
Alfred Wortie personally appeared before me and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed
to be his free and voluntary act and seal.
Charles Loros
Justice of the Peace
Received for record Jany 7th 1878 at 5 oclock
PM and recorded by Geo L. Loros Dept. Town Clerk
On this 26th day of March 1883 I received the full
amount of the note & mortgage both princ pal and
interest and I hereby discharge the same in full
Witness my hand and seal at Charlestown the date
above written
In presence of George Burdick
Geo L. Loros
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