The instrument's own words
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Westerly R.I. July 25th 1885.
It is hereby mutually understood & agreed by & between Foster
Jaggar & Adrian Pierce both of Westerly in the county of Washington
State of Rhode Island as follows:
The said Foster Jaggar hereby agrees to and with the said
Adrian Pierce, that he will at any one time give notice three years
from the first day of March AD 1888 when payment is
to be made by the said Adrian Pierce his heirs executors admini
strators or assigns of the sum of three thousand five hundred
dollars, match & belongings to the said Adrian Pierce his heirs
executors administrators or assigns a good & sufficient deed
with all the usual covenants of warranty released & deliver over
all of that tract of land with the buildings & improvements
thereon known as the Thomas M. Black farm situated paid
in said Westerly partly in the town of Charlestown in said
county containing by estimation and survey fourteen (14)
acres, be the same prime or less, it being the same property
that was conveyed to said Jaggar by deed from the named
said Thomas M. Black of Place & others And the said Adrian
Pierce doth hereby agree to & with the said Foster Jaggar that
he will on or before the first day of March AD 1888 pay
to the said Foster Jaggar said sum of three thousand five hundred
dollars & will receive from and from said deed of said land
properly thereon, it is further agreed by & between
the said Jaggar & Pierce that until said sum of three thousand
five hundred dollars shall have been fully paid to
Jaggar by said Pierce or until said first day of March 1888
the said sum said sum not having been thereby paid as aforesaid
the said Adrian Pierce shall occupy & enjoy said premises
as he see fit & he shall pay all taxes & assessments
that may be levied thereon, whenever & as soon as they shall
become due, & shall pay for the said Jaggar the sum of eighty
five dollars on the first day of September AD 1888 & thereafter
the sum of fourteen & odd dollars (14) on the first day of each
& every month successively until such time as said sum of three
thousand five hundred dollars shall have been fully paid as
aforesaid or until said first day of March AD 1888 until this time
shall first occur, to rent of the whole named premises,
And the said Pierce further agrees that he will make all time
during his occupation & use of said premises as aforesaid, keep
the same & everything therein in as good order & condition as
they now are excepting & ordinary wear mercantile casualties
& damages by the elements excepted, it being understood
that he is proprietor & user of the same in his own right & in a proper manner,
the granary situated thereon & known as the Pierce Granite Company
Laundry, and to the true & faithful performance of all the
agreements herein contained on the part of the said Foster Jaggar
& Adrian Pierce each of them binds himself his heirs executors
& administrators to the other & his heirs executors & administrators
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In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals to the Deed or Indenture first above written.
Signed sealed & delivered
In presence of the same
Foster Jagger L.S.
Adrian Pierce L.S.
(Inserted on the second page
being first erased & the word
"deed" being substituted therefor)
Thos R. Peabody
State of Rhode Island one
Washington Co
Ss. In Westerly in said county on this
28th day of July AD 1887. Then personally appeared the
above named Foster Jagger & Adrian Pierce & acknowledged
the above instrument to be their free &
voluntary act and deed
Before me Thomas R. Peabody
Justice of the Peace
Received for record Sept 2nd 1887—at 11 o'clock
and recorded by George B. Converse Town Clerk
KNOW all men by these Presents, That I Ezekiel
Barnett of Westerly, County of Washington & State of Rhode
Island for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred
Dollars to me paid by Henry H. Colthorns of said Westerly
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised
released and forever quitclaimed, and these presents do
remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the said
Henry H. Colthorns his heirs and assigns forever, all the
right title, interest, property, claim and demand which I
now have, or of right ought to have or may hereafter have
or claim in or add to all and entire the real estate and
improvements therein of which Joseph Barnett late of said
Westerly deceased died seized & possessed wherever
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