The instrument's own words
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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 L. Kenyon
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record January 11 1897 at 11-30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George E. Cross 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 E. Cross 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
E. Cross 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 County of Washington in
said State and located near the port village of Turris truly
Bounded Eastly by the East Common way and by the main
road between Sherwoods railroad station and Crosses truly,
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 heirs 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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526.
The legislature of said State and so designated and all located
on maps of Indian Reservation as file in the Town Clerk's Office
in said Town of Charlestown to which reference may be had
being the same lot of land conveyed to this grantor by deed
from the heirs of love of the late Charles Hobbs, dated January
1st 1847 and recorded in the Town Clerk's Office in which celebration
to have and to hold the same with all the rights perquisites
and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto and to the use
of the said George Coombe his heirs and assigns forever
(and I the aforementioned grantor do remise release and for my
heirs percipient and administrators as covenant with the said
George Coombe his heirs his heirs and assigns forever that I will warrant
and defend the aforesaid premises unto the said George
Coombe his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful
claims and demands of all persons claiming by through
or under me)
And I Henrietta H. Bronnell wife of
the said Stephen Bronnell in consideration of the sum of paid
as aforesaid do hereby release and forever quit claim unto
the said George Coombe his heirs and assigns all my
right of body in and to the aforementioned premises
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this twenty ninth (29th) day of January in the
year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety seven (1897
Signed and sealed in presence of Stephen Bronnell L.S.
Charles Tragg S.S.S.
Ellen F. Longfellow S.S.S. Henrietta H. Bronnell L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On Providence on the 29 day of January 1897
before me personally appeared Stephen Bronnell &
Henrietta H. Bronnell to me known and known by me
to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and
they acknowledged said write where by they declared
to be their free act and deed Charles Tragg
Asst. Public L.S.
Received for record January 29 1899 at 11 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George LaTorre Town Clerk