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demands of all persons except as aforesaid,
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety eight.
Signed and sealed in presence of
Nathan B. Lewis Mary A. Browning L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington ss
In South Kingstown on the ninth day of
February, A.D. 1898 before me personally appeared Mary A. Browning
to wit known and known by me to be the party executing
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument
before her executed, to be her free act and deed seal,
Nathan B. Lewis
Notary Public
Received for record May 4 1898 at 3 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Colowas Town Clerk
To All People to whom these Presents shall come,
I, Hattie E. Lewis of Charlestown, Washington County
and State of Rhode Island hereinafter called the grantor,
send Greeting, Know ye, that I the said grantor for and
in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars
to me in hand before the executing hereof well and truly
paid by Mary A. Browning of South Kingstown and the said
County and State hereinafter called the grantee the receipt
whereof I do hereby acknowledge and agree, and am therewith fully
satisfied, contented and paid, and of thereof, and of every
part and parcel thereof, do remise, quit, acquit and discharge
the said grantee and her 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, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto
the said grantee her heirs and assigns forever, a certain
lot of land situated in said Charlestown containing boundary
near and 1863 (27.32) square rods be the same more
or less, with a dwelling house situated thereon and
all other improvements situated thereon or belonging thereto
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440:
which is bounded and described as follows, Beginning at the
Northwest corner of said lot which is at a point about one
(1) foot North of a spindle set in a rock a stone about forty
eight (48) inches and the first southeasterly from the S.E. corner of
the underpining of the body part of the house and about
forty six (46) inches and 14 feet from the S.E. corner of the underpining
of the "L" and "L" and "L" and "L" and reference to his house, where
Elisha S. Leard now lives and owns, and running Easterly sixty
(60) feet, thence southerly one hundred and twenty five (125) feet
thence Westerly sixty (60) feet and thence Northerly one
hundred and twenty five (125) feet to the place of beginning
at said N.W. corner and is bounded on the North, East, South,
and West by land of Elisha S. Leard or however the said lot
may be bounded & described, with a right of way to a
spring situated on the land of Elisha S. Leard and also a
right of way to the highway across the land of the said Elisha
S. Leard, and for a more complete description of these two
rights of way reference may be had to a deed from the
said Elisha S. Leard to the said Matthew E. Beavis which is
recorded in North Kingstown Land Evidence Book No 13 page 324
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 said grantee and her heirs and assigns
forever to them and their only proper use and benefit and behalf
forever, And I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs,
executors and administrators, do covenant premises and
grant to and with said grantee and her heirs and assigns,
That at and at and before the aforesaid hour I am the true, sole
and lawful owner of the aforesaid bargained premises and I am
lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own
proper right, as of good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance
in fee simple, and have in myself good right full power
and authority to grant bargain sell, convey and
confirm the said bargained premises in manner as aforesaid,
And that the said grantee and her heirs and assigns shall
and may, from time to time, and at all times peaceably quietly
by force and virtue of these presents, lawfully, presently and
entirely have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the said
demised and bargained premises, with the appurtenances free
and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted, exonerated and
discharged of all and all manner of former
or other gifts, grants, bonds, bargains, sale, leases, mortgages,
wills, contracts, promises, dowries, judgments, executions
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and circumstances of what name or nature soever, that might in any
measure or degree obstruct or make void this present deed,
Furthermore, I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs,
executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above
described premises to the said grantee and her heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons
whatsoever, forever to warrant, seise and defend by these
presents.
The condition of this deed is such that
whereas I the said Mattias & Lewis have executed my negotiable
promissory note for the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars
herein given over to herewith and made payable to the order of
Mary & Elizabeth above named with interest at the rate of six
(6) per centum per annum, payable annually till set paid, and
principal sum is paid whether at or after maturity, and
all installments of interest in arrear, whether before or after
maturity, to bear interest at the rate aforesaid until paid,
And therefore if I the said grantor or my heirs, executors
administrators or assigns or any other person for me or
for them, shall pay said note at maturity together with the
interest thereon according to the tenor thereof then this deed shall
be void, otherwise shall and remain in full force and
effect.
Furthermore, I the said grantor do
hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee and her
executors, administrators and assigns my Attorneys irrevocably
with full power of substitution and revocation, for me and
in my name, or in their name or names at any
time in case default shall be made in the payment
of my said note or of the annual 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 find fitting, after the
expiration of said term of ten days, twenty days notice
of such sale, in some one of the public newspapers printed
in Washington Ion, R.I. and in my name or in their
name or names, to make, execute, seal, acknowledge and
deliver to the purchaser a purchaser thereof, any deed or
deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser
or purchasers the full and absolute estate in the premises
thereon, and do sole thereof hereby granting unto my
said Attorneys power to continue or adjourn such sale from
time to time till, I do authorize my 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
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442 sales, to apply and appropriate to the residue thereof to the
payment of the amount of principal and interest of said
note hereby renewed, provided, agreeing that in case of a
sale for default in the payment of said annual interest or
for breach of such covenants of Insurance, the principal
of said note shall be deemed due and payable on the day
of such sale, accounting to me or my heirs and assigns
for all sums over and above the amount thereof, I hereby
ratifying, approving and confirming such sale or sales
as may be made null or caused to be made by virtue hereof.
Furthermore, I the said grantor for myself and for my
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do hereby
covenant with the said grantee, her 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 and Fifty Dollars,
and that the policy & policies of such Insurance shall be
assigned and transferred to the said grantee and assigns
as collateral security hereof, and in default hereof, we
hereby agree that the said grantee & assigns may effect
said Insurance, and premiums for premium 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 I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 2nd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety eight. [illegible]
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
Elizabeth S. Lewis
Robert J. Greene
Harriet E. Lewis L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington ss
On this second day of May A.D. 1898
before me personally appeared Hattie E. Lewis to me known
and sworn by me like the person who executed the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged the said instrument be her
executed to be her free and voluntary act and deed.
Robert J. Greene
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record May 5th 1898 at 11.30 o'clock A.M.
And recorded by George Coover Town Clerk
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Hearing received full payment and satisfaction of said mortgage
And mortgage cancelled
Received for record May 5th 1898 at 11.30 o'clock A.M.
By George Coover Town Clerk
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