The instrument's own words
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Whereas, Dwight R. Adams of Warwick in the county of Kent
and State of Rhode Island, George Carmichael of High Enough in the
county of Washington, and said State, and William Sheffield Esqr. of
Northport in the county of Newport and said State, were appointed
commissioners under chapter 180 of the Acts of the General Assembly at the
January session, 1828 of said State, entitled An Act to abolish
the tribal authority and political relations of the Narragansett tribe
of Indians, and before entering upon the performance of their
duties made the provisions of said act more complete for the further
discharge of their duties, And whereas, said commissioners
after the Survey and Plot mentioned in section 6 of said act had
been recorded in the Office of the Town clerk of the town of Charlestown
in said county of Washington, pursuant to the order of the Justice of the prime
Court of said State, divided the lands assigned to the said State as
provided in said act into lots or parcels in such manner as was
deemed by them likely to facilitate the advance of the sale thereof, and
gave notice that said lands would be sold at public auction convene
ing on Tuesday the eleventh day of July, 1832 at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at olmaner the Indian Meeting House in said town of Charlestown
by advertisement in the "Heraldly Weekly" and the "Narragansett
Herald" two newspapers published in the County of Washington in the
Providence Daily journal and the Providence Evening Post two news
papers published in the city of Providence, and in the New port mercury
a newspaper published for the city of Newport for more than 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 notice of the place and hour of which
said sale had been previously noticed to be held, of the time and
place to which said sale was adjourned, for and in behalf of said
State, did make sale of said bands of parcels exhibition to the
highest bidders therefore, And whereas at said sale on
to wit the 11 (eleventh) day of July, 1832 at 10 (ten) o'clock on a certain
plat entitled "Jordan Rhode Island Reservation, Dexter Swamp," surveyed and
platted by Hon. J. Greene, when said plat is to be recorded in the
registry of lands evidence in said town of Charlestown, and which
said lot contains thirty eight 80 (38.80) acres, was sold to Colum
B. Fanning of North Kingstown for the sum of thirteen (13) dollars being the
highest bidder therefore which said sum has since been
received by said commissioners Now Know ye that the State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, for and in consideration
of said sum of thirteen dollars received as aforesaid done by these
presents give grant bargain sell alien convey and convey to said
Leaning B. Palmer his heirs and assigns, said lot of (38.80) acres here
withal described, to have and to hold the same to him said
Leaning B. Palmer his heirs and assigns forever, In Testimony
whereof Samuel Gaskell Genl. General Treasurer of said State, for and
in behalf of said State by virtue of the authority conferred upon him
by said act and of all other authorities in this behalf enabling
him has hereunto affixed their name and seal of said State this 1
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Thirteenth day of September, A.D. eighteen hundred and eighty two,
Signed, sealed and delivered
in my presence of
Wm Sheffield p
L.S.
Date of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations
By Samuel Clark,
General Treasurer.
State of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations,
Providence County, ss.
On Providence in said county, on this
fourteenth day of September A.D. 1882, personally appeared before
me, Samuel Clark, General Treasurer, resident of said state, and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of
said state land this free gold voluntary act and deed signed individually
and in his capacity as General treasurer, as aforesaid,
Wm Sheffields pro
Harry Tibbie
Approved Sept 14th 1882 Saml Clark Attorney General
Received for record Apr 24th 1882 at 8 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George A. Cross Town Clerk
Whereas, Dwight R. Adams of Warwick in the county of
Kent and state of Rhode Island, George Carmichael of Kingston
in the county of Washington and state, and William Sheffield, sheriffs
of Newport in the county of Newport and said state,
as appointed commissioners under chapter 800 of the Public Laws,
passed by the general session, of the state of said state, entitled,
"An act to establish the tribal authority and tribal relations of
the Narragansett Indians of Providence," and before entering
upon the performance of their duties under the provisions of
said act, engaged to act with the full discharge of their duties
and whereas, copies certified correctly by the recorder and filed
mentioned in section 6 of said act have been received 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 directs the lands assigned to the state as provided in
said act to be lots or parcels in such manner as was deemed by
them likely to facilitate the advantageous sale thereof and gave
notice that said lands would be sold by public auction commencing on
Tuesday the eleventh day of July A.D. 1882, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon at a place near the Nashaway fishing river in said town
by means of advertisement in the vessels Weekly and the
Narragansett Gazette" two newspapers published in the county of
Washington in the "Providence Daily Journal" and the "Providence
Evening Breeze" two newspapers published in the city of Providence
and in the "Newport Mercury a newspaper published in the
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