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Know all men by these presents, that we Edwin Knowles of the
city and county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Samuel M. Knowles
of the town of East Greenwich in the county of Kent in said State executors of
the last Will and Testament of John H. Knowles late of said East Greenwich
deceased, by virtue of the power and authority to us given in said last Will and
Testament of said John H. Knowles and by virtue of the authority granted to
us and our capacity by the Court of Probate of said town of East
Greenwich as by said Will and Testament and the records and
files of said Probate Court will fully appear, reference to the same
being hereby made and had, and for old in consideration of seven
thousand dollars to be paid to the Carmichael Manufacturing
Company of the town of westerly in said state the receipt whereof we do
hereby acknowledge as hereby in our said capacity remise, release
and forever quitclaim unto the said Carmichael Manufacturing Company
its successors and assigns forever all the right title interest property
claim and demand published by which the said John H. Knowles at the time of
his decease had or of right ought to have by virtue of a certain mortgage
deed made and executed by Elijah Fayre and George Weedon to said
John H. Knowles on the 23rd day of September 1857 and recorded in the
Land Records of the town of Richmond in said State of Rhode Island
in Book 8 at Pages 379 to 380 reference being hereby made and
to the same which said mortgage and the debt thereby secured were
assigned by said Carmichael Manufacturing Company as a deed
poll to a Carmichael others to said Company dated Nov 5th 1857 and
recorded in the Land Records of said town of Richmond in Book 12
at pages 314 and 315 will fully appear, reference to the same being hereby made and
had, and to a certain tract of parcel of land with all
the improvements thereon standing lying and being partly in said
town of Richmond and partly in the town of Pawtucket in said state
bounded and described as particularly set forth in the mortgage deed
herebefore mentioned reference to the same being hereby made and
had, to have and to hold the same with all the rights privileges
and appurtenances thereunto appertaining to the said Carmichael
Manufacturing Company its successors and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
sixth day of February AD 1866.
Signed sealed and delivered
In presence of
Edwin Knowles L.S.
Samuel M. Knowles L.S.
Executors of the estate of John H. Knowles
Louis De Angell L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
Providence ss In the city of Providence this sixth day of
February AD 1866 personally appeared before me within the meaning Edwin
Knowles and Samuel M. Knowles Executors of the last Will and Testament of John H.
Knowles deceased and solemnly acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them
signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed individually in their said
capacity
Louis De Angell L.S.
Notary Public
Received for record Feb 11th 1866 at 2 o'clock PM
and attended by George W. Lowe Tom Lalek