The instrument's own words
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306 KNOW All Men by these Presents, that we abras B.
Harry of the City and County of Providence in the State of Rhode
Island and William Sharp Harry and Simon Harry Harry both
of the Town of Warwick in the county of Kent State aforesaid and
Jonathan Edward Harry of East Providence in the County of
Providence in the State aforesaid, sole and heirs at law of Obadiah
Harry late of Charlestown in the county of Washington in said
State now deceased, in consideration of the sum of Four Hundred
(400) dollars to be paid by Stephen Pomnell of the City and
county of Providence, State aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged do hereby remise, release and forever quitclaim
into the hands said Stephen Pomnell his heirs and assigns forever,
all the right title interest property claims and demand which
we now have, or of right ought to have, or claim, in and to
that lot of land situate in said Charlestown, in the county of
Washington and State aforesaid, near the post village of Lords
hill bounded Easterly by East common and by the main
road between Mashapaucutuck railroad station and Basset mill:
Southerly and Westerly by lands of textile and Greene and
more or less of James H. Kenneye: Northerly by lands more
or less of Rutledge John hale: the carpenters heirs: James
Hazard heirs and the East common; Estimated at about
ninety (90) acres more or less, Being a lot of land confirmed
to the heirs of Obadiah Harry by the commissioners of Indian
affairs, appointed by the legislature of said State and as
Designated and delineated on map of Indian reservation
on file in the four clerks office in said Town of Charlestown,
To have and to hold the same, with all the rights privileges
and appurtenances thereto pertaining unto and to the
use of the said Stephen Pomnell his heirs and assigns
forever, and we the aforementioned grantors for ourselves our
heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the
said Stephen Pomnell his heirs and assigns, that we will
warrant and defend the aforesaid premises unto the said
Stephen Pomnell his heirs and assigns forever against the
lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by,
through or under us,
And I Wilhelmina [illegible]
wife of the said Jonathan Edward Harry in consideration of the
said sum paid as aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quitclaim
into the said Stephen Pomnell his heirs and assigns, all my
right of dower in and to the aforesaid premises, the
other grantors being single and unmarried,
In Testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this twenty fifth day of January in the
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year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven.
(1897)
Signed and sealed in presence of
Henread A. Wood
Coharlis Mays
Lewis B. Harry L.S.
Grien, S. Harry L.S.
Simon H. Harry L.S.
Coharlis Edward Harry L.S.
Wilhelmina Rinne Harry L.S.
Coharlis Mays
[illegible]
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
In Providence on the twenty seventh day of
January A.D. 1897 before me personally appeared Lewis B.
Harry, Coharlis Sharp Harry, Simon Harry Harry and
Coharlis Edward Harry known to me known by me
to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they
acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free
act and deed. (the north half being witelined before executing)
Coharlis Mays
Notary Public
Received for record Feb. 6, 1897 at 3 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Glover Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, That I, Whipple
King of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode
Island for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred
Dollars to me paid by school District number Six in said
Town of Charlestown, in lawful currency the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge and am therewith fully satisfied
and paid, do hereby grant, give, release, convey and confirm
unto said School District Number Six in said Town of Charlestown
and its successors, A certain lot of land situated in
said Town of Charlestown or my farm known as Pleasant
Brook Farm, bounded on the Southwest corner by the highway
and near the corner of a wall, and running Easterly opposite
(to) road by the side of said wall, Thence Northly at an angle
and parallel with said highway ten rods, Thence Westerly
sixteen rods to said highway, Thence Northly along said
highway ten rods to said first mentioned starting point
containing one acre of land, with all appurtenances