The instrument's own words
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388: KNOW All men, that I George La Cross of
Charlestown in the County of Washington, State of Rhode
Island administrator on the estate of Elisha J. Holloway late of
said Charlestown deceased, by virtue of authority vested in me
by the court of probate of said town of Charlestown, and for
and in consideration of the sum of eighteen dollars to me
paid by William Olney of said Charlestown, the highest
bidder at a public auction of the estate hereby conveyed, on
the 17th day of August 1897. The receipt whereof I do hereby
acknowledge do hereby grant bargain sell and convey
unto the said William Olney his heirs and assigns forever,
all the right title and interest which said Elisha J. Holloway
at the time of his decease had in and to a certain tract
of wood land situated in said Charlestown, containing four
acres more or less, bounded westerly by land formerly owned
by Dease Norton, northerly by land formerly owned of
Thomas Green, easterly and southerly by hand more or lessly
of the heirs of Jonathan Tucker of however the same may
be bounded to have and to hold the aforesaid
premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof
to him said William Olney his heirs and assigns forever,
to his and their only use benefit and behalf
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and
seal in my capacity as administrator this 23rd day
of August A.D. 1897
In presence of
E A Kenyon p
George La Cross D.S.
Administrator
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Charlestown this 23rd day of
August 1897 George La Cross to me known and proven
before me to be the Party who executes the foregoing deed.
personally appeared before me and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument be him signed to be his free act
valid deed in his capability as administrator
E A Kenyon
Notary Public
I George La Cross administrator on the estate of Elisha
J. Holloway deceased, on oath declare and say that for
weeks prior to the day of making sale of the premises
described in the aforesaid deed, I caused notice thereof
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to be published in the Westerly Daily Sun, a public newspaper
published in Westerly, R.I. that said notice was published
once a week for four successive weeks prior to the day of
sale; that said sale was on the 12th day of August 1897
at one o'clock P.M., on the premises made in my presence
and under my direction by Samuel B. Hopkins as auctioneer
of said Cohassetown, pursuant to the notice of sale
foregoing, a copy thereof is hereto annexed and is as
follows,
And I further depose and say that I am duly
qualified by law to sell said premises as aforesaid
and that the statements made in the foregoing deed
are correct George Loboss
Administrator
Subscribed and sworn to in Cohassetown this 23rd day
of August 1897 Before me E. H. Kenyon
Notary Public
Received for record Oct 18th 1897 at 10-30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George Loboss Town Clerk
KNOW All men by these Presents, That We
Benjamin F. Bliven and Abbie H. Bliven wife of said
Benjamin F. and in right of said Abbie of Cohassetown
R.I. hereinafter called the Grantors in consideration of
one dollar and other considerations to us paid by James
Dowley of Westerly R.I. hereinafter called the Grantee
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give
grant, bargain, sell and convey with the said Grantee and
his heirs land, assigns forever, a certain tract of land
situated in said Cohassetown, containing nine acres more
or less and bounded as follows to wit: on the North by
land of Frank E. Bliven, on the East by a line straightly
but slightly out of east and parallel to the line of the land of the
heirs of Perry Healy to a stone post about three hundred and
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