The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Green
of Charlestown in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island
for and in consideration of the Sum of one hundred dollars well and
truly paid to me by Edward A Browning of it the town of Kingston in the county and
State aforesaid the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, by these
presents do give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said
Edward A Browning his heirs and assigns forever one lot of land
situated in said Charlestown containing approximately five acres more or less bounded
as follows, on the West by a highway on the North by the faith of laws of North
Scard, on the East by a brook of East of it a double a fence on the South by the
travel of Jr H Browning of housewife the write the same may be
described I have agreed to hold the said grants and bargained
premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging
or in any way appertaining to the said grantee his heirs and assigns
forever And the said grants do warrant for myself my heirs executors
and administrators do covenant and agree that he and the lawful
owners of the above described premises and am seized and possessed
of the same in my own and right as good perfect and absolute estate of
inheritance in the simple and absolute have good right to sell convey and
confirm the said bargained premises in manner aforesaid I hold
that the said demise and bargained premises with the appurtenances
are free from all encumbrances of what name or nature soever that
might in any manner or degree obstruct or make void the present
deed Furthermore I the said Samuel Green do covenant for myself
& my heirs executors and administrations do covenant and agree
the above demise premises to the said Edward A Browning his heirs
and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or
persons or strangers however to recover and void by these
presents The condition of the deed is such and void that if the said
Samuel Green have expected my negotiable promissory note for the sum
of one hundred dollars bearing date June 18th 1840 and made payable to
the said Edward A Browning of later Now therefore if the said
grantor or any their person for me shall pay likewise at maturity together
with the interest thereon according to the tenor thereof then this deed shall
be void null and void otherwise the same to remain in full force and effect
Furthermore I the said grantor do hereby constitute and appoint the said
grantee his successors administrators and assigns my attorneys irrevocable
in full powers of substitution and revocation in form in case default shall be made in and my name
in their name or names at any time in the payment of my said note of the interest due thereon and such default
shall continue for a term of ten days to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid or any part thereof first giving twenty days notice of
such sale in one of the public newspapers published in Washington
County and in my name or in their name or names to make and
deliver to the purchasers or purchasers thereof any deed or deeds that
may be necessary to vest in such purchasers or purchasers an estate in
setsimple thereof and my sale thereof hereby granting unto my said
attorney power to examine or adjourn such sale from time to time
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I do authorize said attorneys to receive the amount the same may be
sold for, and, after the payment of all the expenses incident to such
sale or sales, to apply and appropriate the residue thereof to the
payment of the principal of the capital and interest of said note hereby
secured (I hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the
payment of said note the principal of any such sale shall be
deemed due and payable on the day of such sale) accounting to
me or my heirs and assigns for all sums over and above the
amount thereof hereby ratifying and confirming such sale
or sales as may be made by said attorneys by virtue hereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 12th day of July AD 1883
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
Charles Cross
Samuel Green L.S.
State of Rhode Island, ss
Washington Co
On Charleston this 12th day of July
1883 Samuel Green personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him above signed to be his
free and voluntary act and deed
Joseph Lo. Lebrun
Notary
Received for record July 12th AD 1883 at 2 o'clock
PM and recorded by George Lo Cross Town Clerk
The page as recorded
