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2/6/1899 · DEED · book 14 page 1 doc 5680

From NEWALL MARY A life, NEWALL DAVID MC G life, NEWALL MARY E life, JOSEPH NEWALL & CO life
To SMITH & NEWALL GRANITE CO life
Premises

Back — where this land came from

deed Horatio Robinson Thompson and Eliza Palmer book 27 p 136 Westerly
“conveyed to Joseph Sewall deceased by deed from Horatio Robinson Thompson and Eliza Palmer”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (other_town)
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deed Milliam S. Sewall estate book 11 p 491 Charlestown
“conveyed by Milliam S. Sewall estate also to the aforesaid Mary Sewall and said David McS. Sewall”
◀ Follow back 1887 · DEED · GREEN HENRY S; GREEN MARY C; GREEN JASON P; GREEN AMARANTHA C → EARNSHAW HANNAH F · book 11 p 491
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deed John Sewall
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1898 · DEED · GARRITT WILLIAM S; GARRITT ELEANOR; BLIVEN COURTLAND B; BLIVEN B FRANK → NEWALL MARY AGNES; NEWALL DAVID MC G · book 13 p 491
◀ 1893 · DEED · BABCOCK DANIEL L; BABCOCK ELIAS L; CRANDALL SARAH E; CRANDALL WILLIAM → JOSEPH NEWALL & CO · book 12 p 451

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1901 · DEED · SMITH & NEWALL GRANITE CO → JOSEPH NEWALL & CO · book 14 p 217
▶ 1899 · MORTGAGE · SMITH & NEWALL GRANITE CO → INDUSTRIAL TRUST CO · book 14 p 3

The instrument's own words

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Know All Men by these presents, That we, Mary A. Sewall, of Galbeathie, Scotland and David McS, Sewall of Westerly, in the county of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, copartners doing business in Westerly and Charlestown, in said State of Rhode Island under the firm name of Joseph Sewall & Company hereinafter called the grantors, in consideration of One Hundred Dollars and other valuable considerations to us paid by the Smith & Sewall Granite Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Rhode Island and, doing business in Westerly in said State, hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant bargain sell, sell and convey unto the said grantee, and its successors and assigns forever, all and singular the lands, tenements and hereditaments of every nature and description, situate in the towns of Westerly and Charlestown in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, which the said grantors held seized and possessed of in the second day of January Act 1877 and including the grant estate conveyed to Joseph Sewall deceased by deed from Horatio Robinson Thompson and Eliza Palmer, dated the 8th day of June 1853, and recorded in Land Records of said Westerly in Book No 27 at pages 136 and 137 reference thereto being hereby had and made for a further particular description of said grant estate which consists of about thirty five acres extended partly in Charlestown and partly in Westerly, both in said Washington county, and said deed is also recorded in said Charlestown in deed Book No 12 at page 441; also another tract of land conveyed by Milliam S. Sewall estate also to the aforesaid Mary Sewall and said David McS. Sewall by deed dated the 9th day of November 1798, consisting of a certain lot of land with the improvements thereon, situated in the town of Charlestown aforesaid and recorded in Land Evidences of said Charlestown in Book No 11 at pages 491 and 492 reference thereto being hereby had and made for a more particular description, also another tract of land lying in Westerly aforesaid and containing by estimation about ten acres, conveyed to Joseph Sewall by John Sewall by deed dated the 21st day of January 1833, said recorded in Land Evidences of said Westerly in Book No 26 at page 22 reference thereto being made, said last mentioned tract being a part of the homestead farm of Perry Healy, deceased; which the said John Sewall purchased of Henry Healy, and others by deed dated November 8th 1844 and recorded in Land Records of
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Westerly aforesaid in Book No 23 at page 53 et seq, reference being made thereto; also another tract of land situated in Charlestown aforesaid purchased by Mary A. Kenwall and David H. Kenwall as Joseph Kenwall and Company, from Elias & Is. Babcock et al, by deed bearing date of December 29th 1878, being a part of the "Brunswick Babcock's lot" so called containing about ten acres, said deed being recorded in said Charlestown in Book No 13 at page 516 et seq, reference thereto being hereby made; also two other tracts of land purchased by the said Henry A. Kenwall and David H. Kenwall from the said Elias & Is. Babcock et al, by deed dated the 29th day of December 1878 and recorded in Westerly aforesaid in Book No 33 at page 378, reference thereto being hereby made. the first of said two tracts lying partly in Charlestown and partly in Westerly and bordering by estimation about seven and one half acres; the second tract lying in Westerly and being a part of the said Babcock estate, To have and to hold the aforesaid granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, unto and to the use of the said grantee and its successors and assigns forever. And we, the said grantors, do hereby for ourselves and for our heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said grantee, and its successors and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all encumbrances. That we have good right full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner as aforesaid; that the said grantee, and its successor and assigns, shall by their presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and that we, the said grantors, will, and our heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said grantee, and its successor and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. And for the consideration aforesaid, I Mary E. Kenwall wife of said David H. Kenwall, do hereby release all my right of dower in and to the said granted premises unto the said grantee and its successors and assigns forever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twelfth day of January A.D 1899
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Thomas A. Carroll [illegible] all signatures Mary A. Sewall L.S. David M. Sewall L.S. Mary E. Sewall L.S. State of Rhode Island Providence Ss. In Providence, on the eighteenth day of January AD, 1899, before me personally appeared the above named Mary A. Sewall, David M. Sewall and Mary E. Sewall wife of said David M. Sewall, each to me known and known to be by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they severally acknowledged said instrument by them executed it to be their free act and deed. Thomas A. Carroll Notary Public L.S. Revenue Stamps $2.25 Received for record Feb 6 1899 at Northolt St. and recorded by George Close Town Clerk This Indenture made this second day of January AD, 1899, by and between the Smith & Sewall Granite Company, a corporation duly created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Rhode Island, party of the first part, and the Industrial Trust Company a corporation duly created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the Trustee, party of the second part. Witnesseth, Whereas the Smith & Sewall Granite Company is desirous of purchasing and acquiring the property of the Dwight Sewall Company, and whereas to enable such purchase to be made and to effect the other purposes in this indenture expressed, the Smith & Sewall Granite Company has duly determined to issue its bonds, to the amount of $20,000, numbered consecutively from 1 to 400, both inclusive, for $50 each the payment of all said bonds, interest as well as principal to be secured by these presents, and said bonds and the coupons and trustee's certificates thereon to be issuable as follows:

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