The instrument's own words
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In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals
this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety six (A.D. 1896).
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
}
E. C. Kenyon or
} Albert S. Babcock Ls
} Laurie S. Babcock Ls
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington ss
On Application on this sixteenth
day of October A.D. 1896 the above named Albert S. Babcock
and Laurie S. Babcock his wife to me well known as the
persons they represent themselves to be personally appeared
before me and then acknowledged the foregoing instrument
they have signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed.
Elmer C. Kenyon
Notary Public.
Received for record Oct 24 1896 at 11-30 o'clock p.m.
and recorded by George C. Gross Town Clerk
Know all men by these Presents That
I Philip G. Macomber of Charlestown Rhode
Island hereafter called the Grantor in consideration
of Sixty Five Dollars to me paid by Harry F. Barnet of
Wallingford Connecticut hereafter called the Grantee
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give,
grant bargain, sell and convey unto the said Grantee and
their heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract of beach
land situated in said Charlestown, containing 2800
square feet bounded as follows, beginning at the
highest part of the beach bank and at the back beach
corner of land of Frances P. Francis, thence Easterly
along said beach bank 40 feet, thence Northerly 70 feet
and thence Directly 40 feet to the Northeast corner of
said Francis's land, thence Southerly 70 feet to the place
of beginning, bounded Westerly by land of said Frances
P. Francis, Northerly, Easterly and Southerly by the
grantor, Granting unto said grantee his heirs and
assigns a right to pass and repass either with horses
or on foot over the premises of the grantor to the beach
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hereby conveyed, also a right of way four feet wide to
part or foot from said tract to the Occident (but said
grantee is to place no obstruction on said right of way)
Also a right to take water from the well on the farm of
the grantor for use on said tract To have and to
hold the aforementioned premises, with all the privileges and
appurtenances therewith belonging, unto and to the use of
the said Grantee and his heirs and assigns forever,
and I the said Grantor do hereby for myself and
for my heirs executors and administrators covenant with
the said Grantee and his heirs and assigns that I am
lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises,
and the same are free from all incumbrances, that I have
good right full power and lawful authority to sell and
convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said
Grantee and his heirs and assigns shall by these presents
at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy
the said premises; and that the said Grantor will and shall
my heirs executors and administrators shall warrant and
defend the same to the said Grantee and his heirs and
assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands
of all persons. In Witness Whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety eight
Signed and sealed in presence of
George Le Tonnes Billings D. Macomber Sl
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
On Charlestown on the 20 day of
October Ad 1876 before me personally appeared Billings
D. Macomber to me known and known him to be the
party executing the foregoing instrument and he acknowledged
said instrument by him executed, to be his free act and
deed. George Le Tonnes
Notary Public
Received in recd Oct 24 1876 at 2-30 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Le Tonnes Town Clerk
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