The instrument's own words
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To all People to whom these Presents shall come:
I Frank E. Bliven of Charlestown in the county
of Washington and State of Rhode Island,
Send Greeting Know Ye! That I said Frank E.
Bliven (hereinafter called the grantor) for and in
consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars
in hand received before the sealing hereof well and truly
paid by Alexander G. Cummins of Westerly, in
the county and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge and am therewith fully
satisfied contented and paid, and thereof fully
part and parcel hereof do forever, acquit and discharge
the said Alexander G. Cummins his heirs, executors and
administrators forever, by these presents: have given
granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed
and confirmed, and by these presents, do freely,
fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell,
alienate, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said
Alexander G. Cummins (hereinafter called the grantee)
his heirs and assigns forever, a certain piece or
parcel of land, together with all the buildings
thereon standing situated in the said town of
Charlestown known as the Gardner Reuben
Farm and bounded and described as follows,
viz: on the South and East by land of Frank E.
Bliven, on the West by the land of the heirs of Henry
Kealy, on the North by the land of the heirs of
Emily Kealy and land of the heirs of Abbie Crandall,
containing by estimation thirty one acres be the
same more or less. Also a swamp lot known as
Mygate Island, bounded and described as follows, on
the North by land of the heirs of John P. Saunders,
on the West by land of the heirs of Henry Kealy,
on the South by land of Joseph B. Taylor and
land of the heirs of Rushiman Crandall, and on
East by land of said Alexander G. Cummins,
containing by estimation four acres be the same
more or less. 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 wise appertaining to the
said granted his heirs and assigns forever, to his
and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever,
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178 And I the said grantor for myself, my heirs, executors and
administrators, do covenant, promise and grant to and
with the said grantee his heirs and assigns, that said
before the executing hereof I am the true, sole and
lawful owner of the above bargained premises, and am
lawfully seised and possessed of the same in my own
proper right as good, perfect and absolute estate of
inheritance in fee simple and have in me good 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 grantee
his heirs and assigns, shall and may from time to
time, and at all times forever hereafter, by force
and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and
quietly have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the
land demised and bargained premises, with the
appurtenances free clear, and freely and
clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and
from all and all manner of former or other gifts,
grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, entails,
jointures, bonnies judgments, obligations and covenants,
liens, of whatsoever nature seems, that might
in any manner or degree obstruct or make void
this present deed. Furthermore, the said
grantor for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators
do covenant and enlace the above demised premises
to the said grantee his heirs and assigns against
the lawful claims or demands of any person or
persons whatsoever, forever to warrant same and
defend by these presents.
And I Eunice Bliven
wife of said Frank E. Bliven in consideration of the
sum aforesaid, do hereby release and forever
quitclaim with the said grantee his heirs and assigns
all my right of dower in and to the aforesaid
premises. The condition of this deed is such that
whereas I the said Frank E. Bliven have executed
my negotiable promissory note for the sum of Four
hundred dollars bearing even date herewith and made
payable to the order of said Alexander B. Lennox four
months after date with interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum, payable semiannually till said
principal sum is paid whether at a after maturity,
and all installments of interest in arrears whether
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before or after maturity to bear interest at the rate aforesaid
till paid. Now Therefore, if we the said grantors
or one heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, or any
one person, for us or for them, shall bay said note at
maturity together with the interest thereon, according
to the tenor thereof, then this deed shall be void, otherwise
shall be and remain in full force and effect.
Furthermore we grant to Frank E. Gillmore and Minnie Brown
the said grantors do hereby constitute and appoint the
said grantors his executors, administrators and assigns
our Attorneys irrevocable, with full powers of substitution
and revocation for us and in our name or in his or their
name or names, at any time in case default shall be
made in the payment of said note or of the semiannual
interest due thereon, or breach shall be made of the
covenants of Insurance hereinafter contained and
such default or breach shall continue for the term of
ten days, to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid, or any part thereof they first giving, after
the expiration of said term of ten days, twenty
days notice of such sale, it some one of the public
newspapers printed in said Westerly and in our
names or in their name or names, to make grants, seals,
seal acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof any deed or deeds that may
be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers
a full and absolute estate in fee simple therein,
and on sale thereof Thereby granting unto our
said Attorneys power to continue or adjourn
such sale from time to time as do authorize our
said Attorneys to receive the amount the same
may be sold for, and after the payment of all
the expenses incident to such sale or sales, to
apply and appropriate the residue thereof to
the payment of the amount of principal and
any interest of said note hereby received, (we
hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for
default in the payment of semiannual interest
or for breach of such covenants of Insurance
the principal of said note shall be deemed due
and payable in the day of such sale) accounting
to us or to our heirs and assigns, all sums
over and above the amount thereof we hereby
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ratifying, approving and confirming such sale
or sales as may be made or caused to be made
by virtue hereof.
Furthermore we the said
grantors for ourselves and for our heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns, do hereby covenant with the said grantee
his heirs or assigns, that Insurance against loss by
fire shall be kept and maintained upon the buildings
on the premises aforesaid, in a sum not less than
one hundred dollars, and that the policies or policies
of such Insurance shall be assigned and transferred
to the said grantee his heirs and assigns, as
collateral security hereby, and in default thereof
we do hereby agree that the said grantee his heirs or
assigns may effect such insurance, and premiums
premiums paid thereon shall be a further lien upon
the said estate, added to the amount of said note
and secured by these presents.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seal this twelfth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
George E Gloross Frank E. Bliven L.S.
Minnie Bliven L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington Sc
In Charlestown in said county, on
this 1st day of August A.D. 1890 Frank E Bliven
personally appeared before me, and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and
voluntary act and deed and then and there the
above named, Minnie Bliven 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 resist the same,
George E Gloross Notary Public
Received for record Aug 2nd 1890 at 3 o'clock P.M.
and recorded by George Gloross Town Clerk
[Vertical margin text]:
Having received from said Frank E Bliven full payment and satisfaction of and for all notes conveyed by him to me secured by mortgage deeds and covenants on the same, Witness my hand and seal this 31st day of July 1890 George E Gloross