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Whereas Dwight R. Adams of Warwick in the county of Kent and
State of Rhode Island George Carmichael of Northfield in the county
of Washington and said State and William P. Sheffield of Newport
of the county of Newport and said State, were appointed commissioners
under chapter 800 of the Public laws passed at the January session AD
1882 of said State entitled "An Act to abolish the tribal authority and
tribal relations of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians" and declaring them
upon the performance of the duties under the provisions of said act more
engaged to the faithful discharge of their duties; And whereas said
commissioners after the report and plat mentioned in section 4 of said
act had 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 dated the funds assigned to the said
state as provided in said act were sold in 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 at public auction convening
on Tuesday the eleventh day of July AD 1882 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon or soon after the Indian precinct where in said town of Charlestown
by advertising in the "Ballot" weekly, and the "Narragansett Gazette"
both newspapers published in the county of Washington "in the Providence
Daily Journal" and the "Providence Evening Press" these newspapers
published in the city of Providence and in the "Pawcatuck Mercury" a
newspaper published in the city of Westerly just prior for thirty days prior
to the time of said sale; And whereas said commissioners at said
time and place and date at an adjournment of said sale of which said
commissioners gave notice verbal notice at the place where such sale
had been last previously notice to be held at the time and place at which
said sale was advertised, for and in behalf of said state did make sale
of said lands at public auction to the highest bidders therefor; And
Whereas at said sale on the 11th (eleventh) day of July AD 1882
lot No 10 (ten) on a certain plat entitled "Indian Reservation leather
brown" surveyed and platted by H. S. Greene which said plat is
to be recorded in the records of land evidence in said town of Charlestown
and which said lot containing sixty six (66) acres was sold to
Joshua P. cocoa of said Charlestown for the sum of five (5) dollars
being the highest bidder therefor which sum has since been
received by said commissioners; Now therefore that
the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for and in
consideration of the sum of five (5) dollars received as aforesaid does
by these presents give, grant bargain sell alien alone and convey
to said Joshua P. cocoa his heirs and assigns said lot No 10 (ten) where
the same is described: To have and to hold the same to him said
Joshua P. cocoa his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof Daniel Butler 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 acting
this three seconds offied the name and seal of said state this
(eleventh) day of July next eighteen hundred and eighty two.
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Signed sealed and delivered
by [illegible]
Samuel R. Colt
S. S.
State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
By Samuel Clark
General Treasurer
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence County s.s.
In Providence in said county on this
eleventh day of August AD 1882 personally appeared before me Samuel
Clark General Treasurer of said state had acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his 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.
B. M. Besworths pr Notary Public
Approved August 11th 1882 Saml P. Clark Attorney General
Received for record Feb 19th 1883 at 11 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George L. Cross Law Clerk
Whereas Dwight R. Olney of Narragansett in the county of Kent and State of
Rhode Island, George Larned hurl of Richmond in the county of Washington
and said state and William P. Phillips of Newport in the county of
Newport and said state more appointed commissioners under chapter 301
of the Public laws passed at the January session AD 1854 of the state
entitled An Act to abolish the feudal duties and vital rents of the
former grants to Indians and before entering upon the performance
of their duties under the provisions of said act were engaged in the faithful
discharge of their duties and whereas said commissioners after the
report and act mentioned in section 6 of said act had been recorded in
the office of the Town clerk of the town of Collatown in said county of
Washington pursuant to the order of the superior 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
advantageous sale thereof and gave notice that said lands would be
sold at Public Auction conveniently on Tuesday the eleventh day of July
AD 1854 at two oclock in the afternoon at a near the Ocean beach village
in said town of Collatown by advertisement in the "Newly Herald" and
in the corresponding "Herald" two newspapers published in the county of
Washington in the "Providence Daily Journal" and the "Providence Evening
Post" two newspapers published in the city of Providence and in the "Newport
Mercury" a newspaper published in 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
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