The instrument's own words
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Whereas Henry C. Card of Charlestown in the county of Washington and
State of Rhode Island, scil on the thirteenth day of December AD 1847, made
and execute his certain Indent of Mortgage of certain Real Estate situated in
said Charlestown and herein more particularly described, to Walter Perry
of South Kingstown in the county and State aforesaid to secure the payment
of a certain promissory note as by reference to said deed of Mortgage
which is recorded in the Book No 90 Land Evidence in said Charlestown
pages 372, 373, 375 377 will more fully appear. And whereas said
Henry C. Card in and by said mortgage deed fully authorized and appointed
and empowered the said Walter Perry his executors administrators and assigns
to sell and convey the property described and conveyed by said Mortgage
deed under the conditions and in the manner specified in the same
either in the name of said Henry C. Card or in the name of said
Walter Perry his executors administrators and assigns. And whereas the said
Mortgage deed was made and given on conditions that if the promissory
note mentioned and specified therein and the interest thereon should be
paid according to the loan thereof then said deed to be void entirely to be
and remain in full force and effect until deposit was made in the
conditions of said deed either the said note became due and payable
and remained unpaid for more than ten days from the time of the maturity
thereof and also the term renewal extended hereon due and payable
upon said date and remained unpaid for more than ten days
from the time of the same became due and payable and before the grant of the
entirety of the solute aforementioned happened for mentioned. And whereas the
said Walter Perry during after said default had continued for more than
ten days afterwards the premises described on said deed of Mortgage for said
default notice in the Newspaper called the Providence Journal one of the public news
papers printed in this State for more than twenty days before the day of
sale moved therein. And whereas at a public auction on the 17th day
of June AD 1848 better improvement of and accordance and propriety of said adverse
tenement and pasture of said premises was purchased by
Joseph C. Elishaw and William H. Perry of s. of said Charlestown they
being the highest bidder therefore for the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy five cents ($18.75)
Now therefore, know all men by these presents that I Walter Perry
by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by said deed of
Mortgage for and in consideration of sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy five cents paid me by said Joseph C. Elishaw and William H. Perry
of s. the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge to be truly given just bargained
sold sell and convey unto the said Joseph C. Elishaw and William H. Perry of
s. their heirs and assigns their heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract of
said Marsh land situated in said Charlestown containing by estimation two acres
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more or less bounded Northerly on land of Benjamin F. Crankshaft
Easterly partly on land of Benjamin B. Lyman and Alfred Collins partly on
the channel leading to the Charleston Branch and partly on land of the
hereof Black Spruce on the East side of said Channel and on the South
by land of Luther Cross and Daniel Browning or land which was formerly
owned by Joseph Cross and John Salter both now deceased and on the West
by land of Whitefield Cross. His area when added to that of said Marshes land situated
in said Charleston containing two acres more or less bounded Northerly by land
of Benjamin F. Crankshaft Easterly by land of said Benjamin B. Lyman and Alfred
Collins but westerly by land of Whitefield Cross & West partly by land of the heirs
of John Salter both deceased and partly by land formerly owned by the said Joseph C.
Cross meaning and intervening hereby convey to the said Joseph C. Ebersolt &
William H. Perry of y^e Terry of their heirs and assigns forever all the right title &
interest and furniture which the said Perry C. Cross had in and to the
aforementioned premises at the time of the execution of said mortgage deed.
To have and to hold the same with all the rights privileges and
appurtenances to the same belonging to the said Joseph C. Ebersolt &
William H. Perry of y^e Terry of their heirs and assigns forever.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
27th day of June 1877.
Walter Perry L.S.
In presence of
Charles Cross
State of Rhode Island ss
Washington Co
In Charlestown this 27th day of June 1877
Walter Perry personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument had been signed to be his act and deed
Charles Cross
Justice of the Peace
Received for record June 27th 1877
at 4 o'clock P.M. and recorded by
Charles Cross
Town Clerk