The instrument's own words
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KNOW all MEN by these Presents That
whereas Abish Taylor of Narragansett in the county of Washington
State of Rhode Island now deceased on the first day of October AD
1777 made as respects to his cousin deed of mortgage of that date
to John A. Taylor of Brooklyn in the county of Kings State
of New York of certain real estate situated in Narragansett
in said Washington county particularly described
in which said deed Seven daughter wife of the said Abish
Taylor joined releasing & forever quitclaiming unto
the said grantee her title & assigns all her right of dower
in & to the said real estate for the purpose of securing the
payment of a certain promissory note made by the said
Abish Taylor bearing even date with the said deed of
mortgage by which the said Abish Taylor promised one
year after date to pay receive money by way to said John
A. Taylor on demand the Sum of One hundred & one
dollars with interest at the National Bank of New York
Rd. And whereas the said Abish Taylor & Kezia Taylor
his wife during the same deed of mortgage and constitute &
appoint the said John A. Taylor their attorney irrevocable
for them and in their name or in his name at any time
in case default should be made in the payment of said
note & such default should continue for the term of ten
days, to sell at publick auction the premises mortgaged
or any part thereof first giving after the expiration of said
term of ten days, twenty days notice of which sale in some
one of the publick newspapers printed in said Washington
County & for in such sale thereof in his own name, to make,
execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver to the purchasers or
purchasers thereof any deed or deeds that might the necessary
to vest in such purchasers or purchasers a full & absolute
estate in fee simple therein & by the said deed of mortgage
did grant to said John A. Taylor power to continue or
adjourn such sale from time to time, And whereas
default was made in the payment of the said promissory
note & such default did continue for more than the term
of ten days, And whereas the said John A. Taylor did
advertise the said premises for sale in the Narragansett Gazette
weekly one of the publick newspapers printed in said
Washington county for more than twenty days prior to
the day of sale & after the expiration of said term of
ten days in all respects according to the terms of said deed
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Mortgage. And whereas at the public auction held
by adjournment in pursuance of such advertisement & the
advertisement of the said adjournment also printed in the
said public newspaper preference having paid to both of
said advertisements) on the 12th day of December AD 1848
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon J. Barclay Foster of said Westerly
being the highest bidder for the said premises did become
the purchaser thereof Now therefore Know all Men by these
presents that I the said John A Taylor for and in consideration of the sum of
seven dollars paid to me by the said J. Barclay Foster
the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge (said sum
being the amount bid by him for the said premises)
do by these presents by virtue of the power conferred upon
me by said deed of mortgage above mentioned give grant
bargain sell convey quit claim unto the said J. Barclay
Foster his heirs assigns forever two certain lots or
parcels of land situate lying in said town of Westerly
the first lot containing by estimation eight acres be the
same more or less & bounded & described as follows to wit
on the North by land now or formerly belonging to Edward
Wilcox and Joseph Smith on the West or land formerly
the property of Joseph Wilcox late of said Charlestown
deceased on the South by land more or formerly of John
Ross on the East by land now or formerly of Edward
Wilcox to the first mentioned bounds the second parcel
a tract is the undivided half part of a certain lots of
land containing by estimation eleven acres more or less
& bounded & described as follows to wit East by land
now or formerly of Ethan Olache South North & North on
land now or formerly of Edward Wilcox the said lots
or tracts of land being the same conveyed to the said
Eliah Taylor by indenture of sale executed in said Charlestown
by deed dated the 18th day of September AD 1837 & recorded
in said Charlestown in the Book of Land Conveyance
at pages 32 & 33 page reference to said deed being hereby
had made being the same premises described in the
deed of mortgage above mentioned from said Eliah Taylor
to said John A Taylor recorded in Real Estate
mortgage Book 14 at pages 353, 354 & 355.
To have & to hold the said premises with all the
privileges appurtenances to the same belonging to
him the said J. Barclay Foster his heirs & assigns forever
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436 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 28th day of December A.D. 1878.
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of John A. Laylor L.S.
Attorney for Alvah Laylor and Regia Laylor
State of New York
ss. In the city of New York in the county
of New York on this 28th day of December A.D. 1878 then
personally appeared the above named John A. Laylor
Attorney of Alvah Laylor and Regia Laylor & acknowledged
the above deed to be his free execute in his said capacity
to be his free & voluntary act & deed, & to be the free &
voluntary act & deed of the said Alvah Laylor & Regia
Laylor. Before me
Morris P. Harris
Notary Public
Kings and New York counties
L.S.
State of New York
City and county of New York Ess J. Henry J. Sumbleton
Clerk of the city and county of New York, and also Clerk
of the Supreme Court for the said city and county, the
same being a Court of Record do hereby certify, that
Morris P. Harris has filed in the Clerk's office of the
county of New York a certified copy of his appointment
as Notary Public for the county of Kings with his autograph
L.S. signature and was at the time of taking the part of acknowledgment
of the amount of the annexed instrument, duly authorized to take
the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the
hand writing of such Notary, and hereby certify that the
signature to the said certificate of proof & acknowledgment
is genuine. On Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hands and affixed the Seal of the said Court and
County the 28 day of Dec 1878 J. Henry J. Sumbleton Clerk
Received for record Jan. 1st 1879 at 11 o'clock
A.M. and recorded by Charles Corvis Councillor
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