The instrument's own words
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Division line between lands of David Le Tofflor & John W. Messie,
beginning at a post at the North running 406 ft to a certain stake is to
be built and maintained by David Le Tofflor Beginning at said stake
running 415 ft to a stone wall to be built and maintained by John
W. Messie Beginning at the stake and end of said wall running 406 ft to
a stake driven by sd wall is to be maintained by David Le Tofflor
Beginning as said stake driven by said wall running 606 ft to the
railroad is to be maintained by John W. Messie.
Recorded July 16th 1887 by George L. Converse Town Clerk
To all people to whom these presents shall come,
We John W. Messie of Richmond, in the county of
Washington and state of Rhode Island, and Washna L
Messie, wife of John W. Messie in her right thereinafter
called the grantors, send Greeting Know ye that
we the said grantors for and in consideration of the
sum of one thousand dollars to us in hand paid by the
undersigning hereof well and truly paid by the said Josh
Providence & Boston Rail Road Company hereinafter
called the grantee the receipt whereof we do hereby
acknowledge, and are therewith fully satisfied, contented
and paid and therefore every full part and parcel
thereof, do covenant, acquit and discharge the said grantee
these presents, executors and administrators forever by these
presents, have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened,
enfeoffed, conveyed conveyed confirmed, and by these
presents do sellly fully and absolutely give, grant,
bargain, sell alienate, enfeoff convey deliver confirm unto
the said grantee their heirs and assigns forever all
that irregular shaped tract of land called belonging to
the grantors bounded by the property of Providence & Boston
on the southerly side of the Providence & Boston
Boston Rail Road in the town of Charlestown bounded
and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southerly
boundary of the right of way of said Railroad and in the
dividing line between the property of the grantors and
property formerly belonging to Oliver Caswell which
property is abutting about 162 ft Easterly from easterly
abutment of the first bridge on the side of said Railroad
over the Pawcatuck River, East of Wood River junction
thence following along said dividing line in a South Easterly
direction 416 ft to a corner in the wall thence turning South
Easterly and following along the dividing line of property of
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grantors and property formerly belonging to Edward Pelley
1853 ft to the southerly boundary of right of way of said Railroad
thence along said southerly right of way boundary 936 ft 44 in
the place of beginning, said tract containing about 2 27/100 acres
and being more fully delineated on a map hereunto annexed.
Also, the grantors hereby convey, with all right of way, titles, and
interest in and to a certain Bridge built over said Railroad
for the benefit of the property described in this deed, the
intent of the grantors by this provision being to forever
abandon all right to this overhead bridge and to permit
the said Railroad company to remove and forever deactivate
the same. To have and to hold the said granted and
bargained premises with all the appurtenances, privileges and
commodities to the same belonging or in any case aftersaid
to the said grantees their heirs and assigns forever for them and
their only proper use, benefit and behalf forever. And we the
said grantors to ourselves our heirs, executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant to and with the said grantees
their heirs and assigns, that at and before the executing hereof
we were the true, sole and lawful owner of the above bargained
premises and are lawfully seized and possessed of the same in
our own proper right as full perfect and absolute estate of
inheritance to be enjoyed forever and have in due and right full power
and lawful authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm
the said bargained premises in manner as aforesaid, And
that the said grantees their heirs and assigns shall, may and
from time to time, and at all times forever thereafter by full
and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and quietly have
hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said devised and bargained
premises with its appurtenances free and clear and fully and
clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and from all and
manner of lien or other gifts grants bargains sales leases mortgages
bills contracts promises bonds judgments executions and incumbrances
of what name or nature ever that might in any manner or degree
obstruct or make void this present deed. In furthermore we the said
grantors for ourselves our heirs executors and administrators do covenant
and engage the above devised premises to the said grantees their heirs
and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or
persons whatsoever forever secure and settle be this present deed in
witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty seven.
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
E. P. Metcalf
Franklin Metcalf
John H. Hossie L.S.
Joanna S. Hossie L.S.
State of Rhode Island and the County of Washington to
In Richmond this fifteenth day of June A.D. 1887 John H. Hossie ap[pear]
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appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instruments by him
signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed; and then there the above
named Joanna H. Hopie wife of said John M. Hopie, also personally appeared
before me and being by me examined privately and apart from her said
husband acknowledged the same instrument shown and explained to her
by me, to be her free and voluntary act and deed, and declared to me
that she did not wish to retract the same.
Edward P. Metcalf Notary Public
Received for record July 2nd 1847 at 5 o'clock PM.
and recorded by Henka & Graves town clerks
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I cannot fulfill this request. The provided image is not a page from a Rhode Island town land-evidence register; it is a technical engineering drawing or survey map titled "PLAN of LAND belonging to Mrs. T. H. Gould" related to the "N.Y.P & B. R.R." (New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad).