The instrument's own words
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such default shall continue for a term of ten days, to sell at publick
Auction the premises aforesaid or any part thereof of them first giving twenty
days notice of such sale in some one of the publick newspapers published
in said county of Washington for and in our name or names or names
to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any deed
or lease that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers
an estate in fee simple absolute therein unless in sole tenancy thereof thereby granting
unto one said Attorney power to continue and adjourn such sale for other
time to time he thinks we hereby authorizing our said Attorneys to receive the money
the same may sell for and after the payment of all the expenses
incident to such sale or sales to levy a duty and proceed a sum of the residue
thereof to the payment of the amount of principal and interest of said
note hereby secured and we hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for
default in the payment of said principal and interest the principal of
said note not recovered be deemed dues and payables on the day of such
sale accounting to us as our heirs and assigns for all sums over
and above the amount of the note hereby mortgaging and conveying
such sale or sales as may be possible or capable to be made by
virtue hereof Furthermore we the said grantors for
ourselves and for our heirs successors assigns administrators and assigns
do hereby covenant with the said grantees their heirs or assigns that
Insurance against fire shall be kept and maintained upon
the buildings on the premises aforesaid in a sum not less than
Eight hundred dollars and that the Dues and Taxes of such tenement
shall be assigned and transferred to the said grantee his heirs
and assigns as collateral security and in default thereof
do hereby agree that the said grantee his heirs or assigns may
of themselves charge us and the premises aforesaid paid
Thereon shall be a further lien upon the said estate added to
the amount of said note and securities by these presents
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 17th day of August AD 1882
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Charles Legros
John H Macdonald S.S.
Henry H Hopkins S.S.
George H Macdonald S.S.
Isa Macdonald S.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
In Charlestown the seventeenth day
of August AD 1882 before me John H Macdonald & Henry H Hopkins
personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be their free and voluntary act
and deed
Charles Legros
Justice of the Peace
Received for records Aug 17th 1882 at 8 o'clock PM
and returned by Legros to Legros Taxes paid.
Having received full and entire satisfaction of the mortgage dated 17th August 1882 signed by the mortgagors listed
herein above and acknowledged the same day before me this day before me this day before me this day before me this day
Witness my hand and seal the 1st day of February 1887 witnessed
in presence of
John H Macdonald L.L.
Isa Macdonald L.L.
James H Legros