The instrument's own words
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Know All men by these Presents, That we Benjamin
M. Palmer of South Kingstown in Washington county and State of
Rhode Island and George M. Snively and Harriet E. Snively
wife of said George M. Snively in the right of said Harriet E.
Snively both of East Fairfield in Somerset County in the
State of Maine in consideration of one dollar and other
valuable considerations to us paid by Samuel E. Meeden of
Awarena Progress County in the State of Illinois the receipt
whereof it hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, y grant bargain,
sell and convey unto the said Samuel E. Meeden and this
his heirs and assigns forever all those two certain tracts or parcels
of land both situated in the town of Charlestown in said Washing-
ton County State of Rhode Island, the first being known as the
"Gen Joseph Sutton Homestead farm" containing eighty
acres more or less with a dwelling house, barn and other
improvements thereon standing. The second tract or parcel of
land being known as "Ten acre lot" and bounded as follows,
viz: Northerly by land now a farmstead owned by Joseph H.
Tiffin, Easterly by land formerly of Asa Cohook deceased,
Southerly by "Rocky Point" so called and Westerly on the highway
or henceforth otherwise said parcels of land may be bounded or
described, the said Benjamin M. Palmer being seised of two
undivided third parts of said estate and the said Samuel E.
Snively being seised of one undivided third part of said estate
and it being the estate which was devised to these parties
and Samuel Palmer under the will of their grandfather Cyrus
Wells of said South Kingstown deceased, which was duly
proved and recorded in the Court of Probate for said South
Kingstown Probate Records Book No 12 pages 234, 235, and
236, dated May 11 AD 1855—and hereby referred to and
made a part hereof: this deed being given solely for the purpose
of remedying an imperfect deed in a deed bearing an
date heretofore recorded between the same parties
as to these presents, To have and to hold the afo-
granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances
thereto belonging, to the said Samuel E. Meeden and his
heirs and assigns, to his this use and behoof forever,
And we the said Benjamin M. Palmer, George M. Snively,
and Harriet E. Snively for ourselves and our heirs,
executors and administrators, do covenant with the said
Samuel E. Meeden and his heirs and assigns that
we are lawfully seised in the simple of the aforementioned
premises, that they are free from all encumbrances that
we have good right to sell and convey the same to the
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310 said Samuel E. Necker and his heirs and assigns forever
as aforesaid; and that we will and our heirs, executors and
administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the
said Samuel E. Necker and his heirs and assigns forever,
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons
whatsoever.
And for the consideration aforesaid I, Emma L. Palmer
wife of said Benjamin M. Palmer do hereby release and
quitclaim to the said Samuel E. Necker and his heirs
and assigns forever, all my right of or to dower in the
said premises.
In witness whereof we the said
Benjamin M. Palmer, George M. Hinckley and Harriet E. Hinckley
and Emma L. Palmer have hereunto set our hands and
seals this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and ninety six.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of Benjamin M. Palmer Ls
Thomas A. Gardner as & s M. R. Ebt Emma L. Palmer Ls
George M. Hinckley Ls
Harriet E. Hinckley Ls
State of Rhode Island ve
County of Washington s s
In South Kingston on this 2nd day of
March Ad. 1897 then personally appeared the above named
Benjamin M. Palmer and Emma L. Palmer wife of said
Benjamin Palmer to me each personally known and known to
have to be two of the parties described in and who granted
the before written instrument and they severally acknowledged
the before written instrument to be their free act and deed.
Before me Thomas A. Gardner
Notary Public
State of Maine
Kennebec County s s In Waterville on this Third
day of March, Ad. 1897 personally appeared the before named
George M. Hinckley and Harriet E. Hinckley wife of said George
M. Hinckley to me each personally known and known to me
to be two of the parties described in and who executed the before
written instrument, and they severally acknowledged the before
written instrument to be their free act and deed.
Before me Harvey D. Eaton
Notary Public Ls
Received for record Mar 11 1897 at 10-30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George La Cosse Town Clerk
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