The instrument's own words
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in the year eighteen hundred and ninety nine before me the
subscriber personally appeared Arthur Leavitt and Hallie A Leavitt
his wife to me personally known to be the same persons described
in said and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they
acknowledged to me that they executed the same,
David A Anderson
Notary Public
Recd law at 4.25
Received for record Jan 14 1899 at 11-30 oclock AM
and recorded by George Blows town Clerk
To All People to whom these Presents shall come I Albert
S Babcock of Hopkinton, County of Washington in the 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 dollars to me in hand, before the
executing hereof well and truly paid by Arthur Leavitt of
Troy New Hampshire now hereinafter called the grantee
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and am
therewith fully satisfied contented and paid; and thereof
and of every part and parcel thereof do remise, release, acquit
and discharge the said grantee his heirs executors and
administrators forever by these presents have given, granted,
bargained, sold, aliened enfeoffed conveyed and confirmed
and by these presents do fully fully and absolutely give,
grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey and confirm
into the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever,
a certain tract or parcel of land situated at [illegible]
in the town of Hopkinton, County of Washington State of Rhode
Island and bounded & described as follows, namely, Beginning at the
Northwest corner of cottage lot belonging to Isaac S Bridge thence
Northerly & in continuation of the West line of said Bridge land
about 190 feet to the highway bounded westerly by the y ave, thence
Eastly & Northerly & Eastly bounded Northerly and Westerly by the
highway to the Land of Eunice Lowery formerly known as the
Sheffield farm thence S 41 W 50.8 850 feet to a cross nail set in
the line wall thence a continuation of said line 20 feet to
the Land of S D Connors bounded Eastly by the Sucker land
thence S 45 W 57 West 20 feet thence Northerly 20 feet thence
S 55 W 57 or about 336 feet to the N E Corner of G B
Carpenter's wife land bounded Northerly and [illegible]
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524.
of granite, thence S 59° E 18 W 419 feet to the corner of Ferris, thence
Westerly 63 feet to the first mentioned bound, containing by
estimation six acres be the same more or less. Reserving all the
rights and privileges heretofore conveyed to Samuel R Ferris, & L B
Carpenter, Asa B Briggs, P. Atwater, W. De Locke, Isaac S Parings and others
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained
premises, with all the appurtenances privileges advantages and
commodities to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining
to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever to them
and theirs only proper use, benefit and behoof forever,
And I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs,
executors and administrators, do covenant, promise and
grant to and with said grantee, his heirs and assigns
That at all and before the executing hereof I am the true, sole
and lawful owner of the above bargained premises, and
am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in any
and other proper right as good perfect and absolute estate
of inheritance in fee simple; and have in good
right full power and lawful authority to grant bargain,
sell convey and confirm the said bargained premises
in manner as aforesaid, And that the said grantee
his heirs and assigns, shall and may from time to time,
and at all times forever hereafter, full force and virtue
of these presents, lawfully, peaceably and quietly have,
hold use, occupy, possess and enjoy the said demised
and bargained premises with all the appurtenances free
and clear, and hereby and clearly acquitted, exonerated
and discharged of and from all and all manner of
tenure or tenures of gifts, grants, bargains sales, leases
mortgages, wills entails, penalties, damages, judgments,
expectations and encumbrances, 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 demised premises to the said grantee
his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or
demands of any person or persons whatsoever, forever
to warrant secure and defend by these presents
And I Danlite A Babcock wife of said Albert S
Babcock in consideration of the sum paid as aforesaid
do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the
said grantee his heirs and assigns, all my right
of dower in and to the aforesaid premises
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In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 18th day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety one.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
C. L. Brownell
Albert S. Babcock L.S.
Louisa H. Babcock L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington ss.
In Richmond this 18th day of August
AD 1891 Albert S. Babcock personally appeared before me
and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed
to be his free and voluntary act and deed
John own L. Kenyon
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record January 11 1897 at 11-30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George own Clark Town Clerk
KNOW All men by these presents, That I, Stephen
Brownell of the City and County of Providence in the State
of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of Four
Thousand (4000) dollars to me paid by George L. own Clark of
Charlestown in the County of Washington State aforesaid,
the receipt whereof is hereby duly acknowledged, do hereby remise,
release and forever quitclaim unto the said George L.
own Clark his heirs and assigns forever, all the right title
interest property claim and demand which I now have
or of right ought to have or claim in and to that lot of land
situate in said town of Charlestown in said Washington
county
said State and located near the port village of Turris fully
Bounded Eastly by the East Common way and by the main
road between Sherwoods railroad station and Coves fully,
Southerly and Westerly mostly by land of Collins and Greene and
now or late of some of their heirs Southerly by land of Collins
or late of some of their heirs the Conperto heirs, the
Yarner's field here and the East Common way. Estimated
at about ninety (90) acres more or less Being a lot
of land confirmed to the heirs of Charles Henry by
the Commissioners of Indian Affairs as appointed by
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