The instrument's own words
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To all People to whom these presents shall come, I Deborah
Cross of Charlestown in the county of Washington and State of
Rhode Island, collector of taxes in said Charlestown, Send Greeting
Whereas the said town of Charlestown, at a meeting duly notified
and held on the first day of June 1805 noted that a tax of 50
cents on each one hundred dollars be assessed on the taxable
property in said town, for the purpose of defraying the expenses
of said town, and said tax was afterwards (on) the 25th day
of August 1805 assessed according to law and whereas said
town at a meeting duly notified and held on the third day
of June 1806 noted that a tax of fifty cents on each one hundred
dollars be assessed on the taxable property in said town for
the purpose of defraying the expenses of said town, and said
tax was afterwards (on) the 28th day of August 1806 assessed
according to law and whereas said town at a meeting duly
notified and held on the 2nd day of June 1807 noted that a tax of
fifty cents on each one hundred dollars be assessed on the
taxable property in said town, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of said town, and said tax was afterwards (on) the
26th day of August 1807 assessed according to law and the tax
bills due were returned to me the said collector, with the
warrants attached thereto signed by the town clerk of said
town requiring me to proceed according to law and sell and
sell said taxes due until place the same in the town treasury of said
town and whereas the heirs of Henry Thomes deceased neglected
to pay the taxes assessed against them and expressed in said
tax bills amounting to eighty five cents and in consequence thereof
I did, on the 25th day of January 1808 levy said warrants upon
a certain tract of land belonging to said heirs of Henry Thomes in
said Charlestown and did advertise the same for sale at three
publick places in said Charlestown for more than twenty days
previous to sale, and also in the Newport Charannagatt Weekly
newspaper printed in Newport in said state, did on the 25th
day of February 1808 (I said sale having been adjourned to that
day) at 10 oclock AM I proceeded to sell at auction the whole
of said tract of land (having previously been authorized by the
town council of said town to do so) Samuel Browning of
said Charlestown was the highest bidder therefore
having me that in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars
and eleven dollars paid me by said Samuel Browning the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge I the said collector
do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
Samuel Browning, his heirs and assigns forever, all the right,
title and interest which the heirs of Henry Thomes deceased had
in said piece of land at the time of assessing said taxes together
with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging
said tract contains 11 acres approx bounded Northly on
Waterang Pond, Easterly and southerly on land of said
Samuel Browning and Westerly on land of Gideon P. S. Doyle
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or however otherwise bounded. To have and to hold the same
to him the said Samuel Browning his heirs and assigns forever,
subject to this right of redemption provided by law. And I
the said Coharles Lowes collector as aforesaid do covenant
with the said Samuel Browning his heirs and assigns that I
have advertised said property as hereinbefore stated and have
complied with the terms of the law regulating the collecting
of taxes. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fourth day of March AD 1886.
George G. Linde. Coharles Lowes L.S.
Collector
State of Rhode Island se
County of Washington ss
In Coharlestown on this fourth day
of March 1886 Coharles Lowes collector of taxes personally appeared
before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument his
signed to be his free act and deed in this capacity as aforesaid.
George G. Linde
Notary Public.
Collector's sale of Real Estate
The undersigned, Collector of Taxes of the town of Coharlestown hereby
gives notice that he will sell at public auction, at Lowes Mill,
said town, on Tuesday February 25th 1886 at 10 oclock A.M. the
following described parcel of land (of the long when notice
is hereby given), or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay
the taxes assessed thereon for the years 1883 1884 and 1885 and
due and unpaid at the date hereof amounting to eighty five
dollars together with interest costs and expenses: A certain tract
of land situated in said Coharlestown containing 11 acres and
bounded northerly by Metakang
land to Murray Stevens heirs bounding southerly by land of Samuel Browning land
Pond, Easterly and southerly by land of Samuel Browning land
northerly by land of Gideon P. H. Hoiles a however otherwise
bounded. Coharles Lowes
Collector
Coharlestown Jan. 25th 1886
Received for record March 16th 1886 at 5 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George G. Lowes Town Clerk
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