The instrument's own words
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606 To all people to whom these presents shall come, I
Henry Whipple of Masterly in the county of Washington &
State of Rhode Island, Sheriff of said county, send Greetings
Whereas an execution appears against Charles Darwin of Charlestown
in said county on the suit of form J. White of said
Charlestown was by one the said Henry Whipple, sheriff
as aforesaid on the 24th day July AD 1880 & 12
dollars money lands or all the right title interest & property
in which the said Charles Darwin has on the first day
of November AD 1879 at 9 oclock PM in the time of the
Attachment there on the original writ in said suit & in
two certain parcels of land & the improvements thereon situate
in said Charlestown & described as follows to wit
The first part lies westerly of the "Beach road" so called
& southerly of the "Pot road" so called & bounded northerly
on the "Pot road" easterly on the "Beach road" southerly
on land of Edward J. Braddock westerly on the "West farm"
so called land of Isaiah A. Wilcox & land of the heirs
of Joseph W. Sisson is however otherwise bounded.
The second part is a wood lot bounded as follows to wit
beginning at a white oak tree by the road that leads
to "Great Rock" so called then westerly bounding on
the south by land of George G. Stanton & land of the
heirs of Mary H. Ward bounded easterly on land of farmers
owned and held lately northerly on land of the heirs of
Jacob M. Perry land of Mary E. James lately owned
by Jordan Case & land formerly owned by Leah Case
edge easterly on the "great grove" in called or however otherwise
bounded. And Whereas on the 28th day of October
AD 1880 at 11 oclock AM all the estate right title
interest & property of the said Charles Darwin in the
premises aforesaid at the time of the attachment or said
original writ were by one the said Henry Whipple sold
at public auction for the satisfaction of the said execution
to John J. Wilcox of south Kingston in said county
who was the highest bidder for the sum of one hundred
& forty dollars ($140.00) which sum the said John A.
Wilcox hath since well & truly paid to me the said
Henry Whipple. Now therefore by that force &
virtue of the law in such case made & provided I
the said Henry Whipple Sheriff as aforesaid in
consideration of the sum of money paid me as aforesaid
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do by these presents, bargain, sell, assign & set over unto the
said John A. Potter his heirs & assigns forever, all the estate
right title interest property freehold & inheritance of the
said Charles Branch of [illegible] in & to the said premises & appur
tenances at the time of the attachment on said original writ.
To have and to hold the said premises & appurtenances
To the said John A. Potter his heirs & assigns forever,
In witness whereof I have hereunto in my aforesaid
capacity as Sheriff set my hand & seal the 3d day of
December AD 1880
Signed & sealed in presence of
the words "at the time of the
attachment on said original writ"
first introduced
George G. Pelle
Henry Whipple Sheriff[illegible]
State of Rhode Island to
County of Washington to
On December 15th day of December AD 1880, Henry Whipple
Sheriff personally appeared before me & acknowledged
the foregoing instrument by him signed in his capacity
to be his free act and deed in his said capacity,
Geo G. Pelle
Public Notary
State of Rhode Island etc
Washington sc
I Henry Whipple of
Northsterly in the county & State aforesaid on oath depose &
say that should the office of Sheriff for said county, that
from the person with whom executed the within deed, that I ad
vertised the sale of the within described premises in a
newspaper published in Northsterly in said county called
the Northsterly Independent Weekly (copy of which ad-
vertisement is hereto annexed, marked A) on the 30th day
of September AD 1880 & on the 14th 14th & 25th days of
October AD 1880 & that the within described premises were
sold by me sold at public auction at 11 o'clock A.M. on the 28th
day of October AD 1880 on the premises within described as
the "first tract" That being the time & place named in said
advertisement
Henry Whipple
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608 Subscribed & sworn to before me in Westerly in the county & State
aforesaid this 15th day of December Ad 1800.
Gen. A. Selle
Notary Public
Sheriff's Sale (A)
By virtue of an execution issued from the Court of Common
Pleas within and, for the County of Washington of the State
Ad RI and returnable to said Court on the first Monday
of November Ad 1800 in whom acting A Clerk of said Court in
said county, namely to Timothy and Charles Church of said Parish in
said county is defendant I shall sell at Public Auction on the tract of land
hereinafter described as the first tract on the 28th day of October
Ad 1800 at 11 oclock A.M. all the right title and interest which
said defendant had on the first day of November Ad 1797 at 9 oclock
P.M. the time of the attachment thereon on the original writ and
to two other tracts of land and on the improvements thereon, situate
in said Parish, described and described as follows, to wit.
The first tract lies westerly of the Beach road as called, and South
easterly of the "West road" so called and bounded northerly on the
"West road" easterly on the "Beach road" southerly on land of Edward
T. Parrish and precisely on the "stony land" so called land of plasmid
A. Wilcox and land of the heirs of Joseph He. [illegible] otherwise
otherwise bounded. The second tract is a wood lot bounded as
follows, to wit beginning at a white oak tree by the road that
leads to Great Neck road so called, hence westerly, bounded on the
south by line of Geo. A. Stanton and land of the heirs of Mary He.
North bounded westerly on land formerly owned by John Healy
North bounded easterly on land formerly owned by John Healy
northerly bounded on land of the heirs of Zebulon land of Mary & James
Healy formerly owned by Jonathan Bond and land formerly owned
by Clark Healy and easterly on the "Great Neck road" so called,
& however otherwise bounded.
Served on this 21st day of July Ad 1800 at 12 oclock noon
and will be sold to satisfy said execution if sufficient.
Readbody & Crafts, Plaintiffs Attorneys Henry Whipple Sheriff
Received for record May 25th 1801 at 3 oclock P.M. and
recorded by George Le Knox Town Clerk
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