The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents That I John Howie of Charlestowne in the County of Washington do to Richard Brand for in and in consideration of the summe of Eight Hundred (800) Dollars well and truly paid by Edward S Eldridge of the city and County of Providence State aforesaid The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged By these presents do give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Edward S Eldridge his heirs and assigns forever The following described lots of land situated in Charlestown aforesaid with all the buildings and improvements thereon The first lot is bounded and described as follows beginning at the Southwest corner of Wt L Segars lot thence Southerly bounded Easterly on land formerly of Eugene H Konyp ninety eight feet to a stone with a drill hole in it thence Westerly bounded Southerly on said Konyp land ninety eight feet to a stone with a drill hole in it lying by the highway Thence Northerly bounded Westerly on said highway to land of Lydia & Howie's heirs thence Easterly bounded Northerly on land of sd heirs to the place of beginning The second lot is bounded and described as follows beginning at a stone with a drill hole in it at the Southeast corner of the lot by the highway Thence Westerly bounding Southerly on land formerly of Eugene H Konyp one hundred and seven feet to a stone with a drill hole in it Thence Southerly bounding Westerly on land of the grantor forty three and one half feet to land stand
lot contains one fourth of an acre more or less which is bounded and described thusly That North by land of A[?] R. S. K. & Co on the East by a highway on the South by land of said John Doyle and West by land of Mary H Kenyon or whoever otherwise either of said tracts may be conveyed To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever And I the said grantor for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant To warrand with the said grantee his heirs and assigns that at and before the executing hereof I am the lawful owner of the above bargained premises and am seized and possessed of the same in my own right as good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple and have good right to sell convey and confirm the said bargained premises in manner aforesaid And that the said premises
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and bargained premises with the appurtenances are free from all encumbrances of what name or nature soever, that might in any manner or degree obstruct or make void this present deed. Furthermore I the said John Hoxie for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above described premises to the said Edward S. Aldrich his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant seise and defend by these presents And I Charlotte E Hoxie wife of the said John Hoxie 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 aforementioned premises The condition of this deed is such that whereas I the said John Hoxie have executed my negotiable promissory note of the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800) bearing even date herewith and made payable to the said Edward S Aldrich or order one year from date with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum payable annually Now therefore If I the said grantor or any other person for me shall pay said note at maturity Together with the interest thereon according to the tenor thereof Then this deed shall be void otherwise shall be and remain in full force and effect furthermore I the said grantor do hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee his executors administrators and assigns my attorneys
Furthermore, I the said grantor do hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee his executors administrators and assigns my attorneys irrevocable with full powers 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 intrest due thereon and such default shall continue for a term of ten days to sell at public auction the premises aforesaid or any part thereof they first giving twenty days notice of such sale in some one of the public newspapers printed in said State and in my name or in their name or names to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers an estate in fee simple therein and on sale thereof (hereby granting unto my said Attorneys power to continue or adjourn such sale from time to time) I do authorize 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 sales to apply and appropriate the residue thereof to the payment of the
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Amount of principal and interest of said note hereby secured,(I hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the payment of said interest 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 and confirming such sale or sales as may be made or caused to be made by virtue hereof. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this $12^{th}$ day of April AD 1801 Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of George Colonna John Hoxie L S Charlotte E. Hoxie L S
Received for recnd April $12^{\text{th}}$ 1807 at 2 oclock PM and recorded by George Coloree Town Clerk
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and bargained premises with the appurtenances are free from
all encumbrances of what name or nature soever, that might
in any manner, or degree, obstruct or make void this present
deed. Furthermore I the said John Horie for myself
my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant and
engage the above demised premises to the said Edward S.
Aldrich 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 Charlotte Eloise wife of the said John Horie in
consideration of the sum paid aforesaid, as hereby release
and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee, his heirs and
assigns, all my right of dower in and to the aforesaid
premises, The condition of this deed is such, that
whereas I the said John Horie have executed my negotiable
promissory note for the sum of Eight hundred Dollars ($800)
bearing date herewith and made payable to the said
Edward S. Aldrich on or before one year from date with interest
at the rate of six per cent per annum payable annually.
Now therefore if I the said grantor or any other person
for me 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 his
executors administrators and assigns my attorneys
irrevocable, with full powers of substitution and revocation
for me and in my name or in their name or names
but any time in case default shall be made in the
payment of my said note or of the interest due thereon
and such default shall continue for a term of ten days,
to sell at public auction the premises aforesaid, or any
part thereof if they first giving twenty four hours notice of such
sale, in some one of the public newspapers printed in
said state and in my name or in their name or names
to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
any deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in
such purchaser or purchasers estate in fee simple
therein, or on sale thereof hereby granting unto said
said Attorneys power to continue or become null and void after
some time to lure I do authorize 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 sales, to apply
and appropriate the residue thereof to the payment of the
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amount of principal and interest of said note hereby secured, (I
hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the payment
of said interest the principal of said note shall be secured 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 and confirming such sale or sales as may be
made or caused to be made by virtue hereof.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this 12th day of April AD 1807.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
George G. Converse John Hoxie L.S.
Charlotte E. Hoxie L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
Washington Co,
In Charlestown this 12 day of April
AD 1807 before me personally appeared John Hoxie and
Charlotte E. Hoxie his wife to me known and known by me
to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they
acknowledged said instrument by their specialties to be their
free act and deed. George Converse
Notary Public
Received for record April 12th 1807 at 2 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George G. Converse Town Clerk