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Know all men by these Presents That I William
C Lanphear of Rhode Island in the county of Washington one
single man do forand in consideration of fifty ninety four hundred
& two dollars and ten cents paid and truly paid by Hannah F Potter wife of
I Potter of Charlestown in the county and that aforesaid
the receipt of which is hereby fully acknowledged by me that presents do
grant bargain sell convey and convey unto the said Hannah F
Potter her heirs and assigns forever, a certain part of land
situated in said Charlestown containing by estimation one
quarter of an acre more or less and described as follows
Beginning at the Northeast corner of a piece of land of Hannah F
Potter at the highway then Northly by said highway 40 feet to
land of said Lanphear then Westly boundary forty feetly by
land of said Lanphear about two feet by land of Laputts B
Kennedy then Southerly boundary Recording by land of said Potter
Southern 32 feet to reach the highway Eastly Original boundary
Southerly to the granted land to the place of beginning or
however otherwise the same may be founded. To have
and to hold the said granted and bargained Premises with all
the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging in any
manner of pertaining to the said premises for her heirs assigns forever
and to the said grantee for myself my heirs executors administrators
and assigns that at good and true sealing the writing hereof I am the lawful
owner of the above bargained premises and within the lawful and
the same bargained premises and am seized and possessed of the
same in my own proper right as tenant fee simple and have in myself good right to sell
and convey the said bargained premises as aforesaid
And that the said devised and bargained premises with the
appurtenances are free from all encumbrances of what name
or nature soever that may in any manner or deedly furnish or
make void this present deed. Furthermore I the said grantor
for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and
congrant the above devised premises to the said grantee her heirs
and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any her
person or persons whatsoever power to warrant cause and defend by these
presents. And Caroline P Lanphear wife of said William
C do grant her in consideration of the sum paid aforesaid as
hereby release and forever quitclaiming unto the said grantee her
heirs and assigns all my right of tenure in and to the aforementioned
premises. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 21 day of October A D 1882.
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
George G Cross
William C Lanphear L S
Caroline P Lanphear L S
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State of Rhode Island ss
Washington
In Charlestown this 21st day of
October 1882 William C Lanphear personally appeared
before me and acknowledged the within instrument by him
signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed,
George L. Harris
Town Clerk
Received for record Nov. 21st/1882 at 11 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George L. Harris Town Clerk
Whereas Dr. [?] R. Adams of Warwick in the
county of Kent and state of Rhode Island, George Carmichael Jr.
of Providence in the county of Washington and said state, and
William P. Sheffield of Providence in the county of Providence
said party were appointed commissioners under Chapter 800
of the Public Laws passed at the January Session A.D. 1877
of said State, entitled "An Act to liberalize the tribal authority
and legal relations of the Narragansetts in the State of Rhode Island"
and before entering upon the performance of their duties under
the provisions of said act were engaged to the faithful discharge
of their duties; and whereas said commissioners after the
report and plan mentioned in section 6 of said act had been
rendered in the office of the town clerk of the town of Charlestown
in said county of Washington, pursuant to the order of the Supreme
Court of said state delivered the funds assigned to the said State
as provided in said act, who dealt in parcels in such manner as
was deemed by them likely to facilitate the advantageous
sale thereof and gave notice that such lands would be
at public auction commencing on Tuesday the eleventh day of
July A.D. 1883 at 10 am oclock at the courthouse at or near the
Indian Meeting House in said town of Charlestown by
advertisement in the "Providence Journal" and the "Providence
Herald" two newspapers published in the county of Washington
"the Providence Daily Journal" and "the Providence Evening
Post" in Providence and published in the city of Providence land
in the Newport Mercury a newspaper published in the city of
new port, Rhode Island and once every thirty days prior to the time of
said sale; And whereas said commissioners at said time
and place, and at an adjournment of said sale, of which
said commissioners gave public verbal notice at the place
where such sale had been last previously notified to the pub-
of the time and place to which said sale was adjourned
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