The instrument's own words
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406 Know all Men by these Presents, That I declare
to be Mayor of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty
five dollars to me paid by John Hopie of the town Coventry and
State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do
hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto the said John Hopie
his Heirs and Assigns forever, the following described lots of
land situated in said Charlestown, the first lot is bounded and
described as follows, beginning at the southeast corner of William
L[illegible]s lot thence Southly bounded Easterly on land of the
aforesaid liberty right lot to a stone with a drill hole in it then
Westerly bounded southerly on land of said grantor ninety
feet to a Sign with a drill hole in it for the highway thence
Northerly bounded Westerly on said highway to land of disciple
L Hopie thence Easterly bounded northerly on land of said
disciple L Hopie to the place of beginning, The second lot
is bounded and described as follows beginning at a stone with a
drill hole in it at the southeast corner of this lot by the highway
thence Westerly bounding southerly on land of the grantor one
hundred and sixty feet to a stone with a drill hole in it, thence
Northerly bounding Westerly in land of the grantor forty three and
one half feet to land of said disciple L Hopie thence Easterly
bounding Northerly on land of said disciple L Hopie to said
highway, thence Southerly bounded Easterly on said highway
to the place of beginning, so have and hold the same, with
all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining
unto the use of the said John Hopie his Heirs and Assigns forever,
And I the aforementioned Leprie B Kenyon for myself and for my
Heirs executors administrators to covenant with the said John
Hopie his Heirs and Assigns That I will warrant and defend the
aforesaid premises to the said John Hopie his Heirs and Heirs
forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons
claiming by through or under me, And I Dorcas B Kenyon
wife of said Leprie B Kenyon in consideration as aforesaid, do hereby
release all my right to deliver and to wind premises to said John Hopie
his Heirs and Assigns forever, In Testimony whereof the have
set our hands and seals this sixteenth day of April in the year of
our Lord, One Thousand and Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight
Signed and Sealed
in presence of
C. Earle Co.
John F. Kenyon
Leprie B Kenyon L.S.
Dorcas B Kenyon L.S.
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State of Rhode Island, &c
County of Washington
In Charleston April 16th 18__ A.D.
Before me the above named Cyrus B. Kenyon personally appeared and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed, to be his
free act and deed.
Before me Charles Lowe
Justice of the Peace
Received for record April 21st 18__ Nat t 1 o'clock P.M.
and recorded by George Lowe Deputy Town Clerk
Whereas Thomas Austin of Charlestown in the county of
Washington State of above described on the 28th day of April A.D. 1878-
made Conveyance to Joseph Ha. Griffin of said Charlestown, a deed
of mortgage of certain Real Estate hereinafter described for the purpose
of securing the payment of a negotiable promissory note for the
Sum of Eighty dollars eight cents with seven cents interest per annum with date as
said deed of mortgage and made payable to said Joseph Ha Griffin
or order with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, which
said deed of mortgage is recorded in Book No 9 Land Evidence in
said Charlestown page 486 and in said mortgage, we
certain powers of sale in case of default in the payment of said note
And whereas default was made in the payment of said note and
such default continued for more than ten days, And whereas the
said mortgage advertised said mortgage or premises for sale in the
Narragansett News a public newspaper printed in this State for
more than twenty days prior to the day of sale and after the expiration
of said term of ten days And whereas of a public auction held
in pursuance of said advertisement on the first day of May A.D. 1879
John M. C. Perkins of said Charlestown being the highest bidder for the
said mortgaged premises became the purchaser thereof for the sum
of one hundred forty forty cents in delivery Now therefore know all
men that I the said Joseph Ha Griffin for a consideration of the sum
sum of one hundred forty forty dollars to be paid by said John M. Perkins,
the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge to hereby by virtue
of the power expressed when on said mortgage, grant bargaining selling
convey to the said John M. Perkins his heirs and assigns all the
right title and interest which the said Thomas Austin had at the time
of the execution of said mortgage in & to two certain tracts of land situated
in said Charlestown First tract contains one acre bounded on the
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