The instrument's own words
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George Mellock his hands and assigns forever, subject to the right of
redeeming his premises by him
Witness that I the said John W. King collector
of taxes have agreed to covenant with said George Mellock his heirs and
assigns that I have indeed paid sufficiently as hereinbefore stated and
shall comply with the terms of the law regulating the collection of
taxes. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 10 day of April 1811
By himself
George Mellock
J.W. King Collector L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
I, J. S. Chace Justice in the 10 day of April 1811 before
me personally appeared John Whiting collector of taxes to me
known and known by me to be the party sealing the foregoing
instrument and the acknowledged said instrument being their
executed to be his free act and deed in his capacity as aforesaid
George Mellock
Whiting Collector
Recorded for record April 10 1811 at 4s attend & fee
and sealed by George Mellock some such and so
To All Persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting! I John
W. King being citizen of Lyce for the town of Westerly in the
County of Washington state of Rhode Island find for the year
1799 Send Greetings,
Whereas the taxpayers
of said town of Westerly at their annual town meeting meeting
duly publicized and held on the 7th day of April 1799 voted that
a tax of the dollar on each man one hundred dollars collection of the
taxable property in said town be assessed on or before the first day
of September 1799 and so on which said day was assessed in accordance
with said vote on the 24th day of August 1799 the tax list
in my hand delivered to me with the warrant duly signed
attached thereto requiring me to forever according to law and
collect said tax and place the same in the town treasury of
said town’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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76 Thereof, J. King on the 6th day of January 1794 being sworn said pursuant upon one
lot of marsh land lying belonging to said deceased his heirs and Hannah De Long void
situated in said situation let him and did advertise the same for sale at
three publick places in said town Letonmessen any at the Town clerks office
at the Dist office and at the store of Ephraim Wood and other
places in said town and also in the State Valley newspaper
published in the statekin in said county for more than twenty days
pursuant to sale and on the 7 day of April 1794 at 11 oclock then
I proceeded to sell at publick auction the premises aforesaid as aforementioned
George Inman had offered said land whom was the highest bidder therefore
I do knowell that in consideration of the sum of some dollars and
of some cents (8/10) to me paid aforesaid said George Inman gives to the right
thereof in my honesty I hereby sell and convey unto the right
said George Inman his heirs and assigns forever all the right title and
interest which the said Hannah De Long had there in and
to said premises at the time of receiving said money with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging being certain parcels of marsh now containing three acres
more or less bounded North partly by the salt pond and partly by
said lot of Nathan R. Taylor East by land of others Westward
South by the lot of others of the same and northward of others’ land
of said foster by ten rods otherwise bounded
I do here and
I hold the same to him the said George Inman his heirs and assigns
forever subject to the right of redemption provided by law (void)
the said John W. King collector are appointed as consonant with said
George Inman his heirs and assigns that I have advertised said
property as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms
of the new regulations for the collection of taxes
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
10 day of April AD 1811
(signed)
George Colboose
George Colboose
J. W. King Collector of T. S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
The undersigned let him on the 10 day of April AD 1811 before me
personally appeared John W. King Collector of Taxes who to me known
and be the party requesting the foregoing instrument
and the certificate acknowledged said instrument by which declared to be his
free act and deed in his capacity and appearance.
George Colboose
Roby Publick
Received for record April 10 1811 at 10 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Colboose Town Clerk