The instrument's own words
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Whereas, Dwight R. Adams, George P. Churchill of Richmond
in the county of Washington and said State and William O. Phillips
of P. F. T. [illegible] in the county of Providence and said state were appointed
commissioners whereon Dwight R. Adams 800 of the Plat lots passed the
January session AD 1820 and submitted to the Legislature to establish the
territorial authority and tribal relations of the Narragansett Tribe
of Indians and before entering upon the performance of their said
duties under the provisions of said act were conveyed to the faithful
adjudicator of their duties And whereas said commissioners after
the report 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
supreme Court of said state directed the lands assigned to the
said state as provided in said act into lots or parcels in such
manner as seen expedient by them likely to facilitate the advancement
said sale thereof and gave notice that said lands would be sold at
public auction commencing on Tuesday the seventeenth day of July AD
1882 at ten oclock in the forenoon at or near the Ocean Meeting House
in said town of Charlestown by an advertisement in the "North American"
and the "Narragansett Herald" in newspapers published in
the county of Washington in the Providence Daily Journal and
the Providence Evening News two newspapers published in
the city of Providence and in their respective Mercury a newspaper
published in the city of either but for more than thirty days prior
to the time of said sale And whereas as commissioners
at said time and place and at an adjournment of said sale of which
said commissioners gave public notice at the place where
such sale had been last previously notified to be held of the time
and place for which said sale was appointed for in avail in behalf
of said state did make sale of said lands at public auction to the
highest bidder therefor And whereas of said sale on font
the eighteenth day of July AD 1882 lot no 20 (20) in a section
lot entitled Indian Reservation declared survey and
platted by Mr. J. Greene which said plot is to be recorded in
the records of land providence in said town of Charlestown and
which said lot contains twenty one (21) acres was sold to Oleg
D. Tucker of said state then for the sum of 6.25 (6 25/100) dollars
him being the highest bidder therefor which said sum from time
been received by said commission Now know ye
that the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for and in
consideration of said sum of 6.25 (6 25/100) dollars received as
aforesaid does by these presents give grant bargain sell alienate
sell off and convey to said Oleg D. Tucker his heirs and assigns
said plot no 20 twenty aforementioned described to have and
to hold the same to said Oleg D. Tucker his heirs and assigns
forever In testimony whereof Samuel Clark 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
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authorities in this behalf enabling him has hereunto affixed the
name and seal of said state this 11th (eleventh) day of August AD
one thousand eight hundred and eighty two
Signed, sealed and delivered
for Insurance of
Saint Paul's
L.S.
State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
By Samuel Platt
General Treasurer
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence County to
Know all men by these presents That in Providence in said
county on this eleventh day of August AD 1882 personally
appeared before me Samuel Platt, General Treasurer of
said state and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the
free and voluntary act and deed of said state and his free and
voluntary act and deed individually and in his capacity as
General Treasurer as aforesaid
Saml P. Platt
Notary Public
Approved August 11th 1882 Samuel Platt Attorney General
Received for record Aug. 8th 1883 at 6 oclock PM
and recorded by George La Cross Town Clerk
Know all men by these presents, That we Oliver, Physician
and Sarah E. Johnson of North Kingstown county of Washington
State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum
of thirty dollars to us paid by John H. Berry of Charlestown
in the county and state aforesaid the receipt of which we do
hereby acknowledge full, just, remised, released and forever quitclaim
unto the said John H. Berry his heirs and assigns forever, all the
the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand which we
now have, or right might have, of claim in, and to a certain tract
of land situated in said Charlestown containing twelve once more
in fees and bounded as follows viz a north west line of Hannah
White of the East part of the heirs of Thomas Lodge south on the
south by the Law pull hill and so called & on the West by land of
Francis Berry or whoever otherwise the same may be owned
The said right being one undivided half of the above described
tract
To have and to hold the same with all the rights
privileges and appurtenances hereunto appertaining to the
said John H. Berry his heirs and assigns forever. And we the
aforementioned Oliver R Johnson and Sarah E Johnson for ourselves and
for our heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the
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