The instrument's own words
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398 Whereas, Abel F. Stanton and Susan H. Stanton, his
wife, both of Westerly in the County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island, and divers other persons brought a
bill in equity against Isaac H. Ayres and Abbie M. Ayres
his wife, both of Charlestown in said County of Washington
and divers other persons in said bill in equity mentioned,
which said bill in equity was filed in the appellate Division
of the Supreme Court in said State of Rhode Island, within
and for the County of Washington on the 10th day of March
AD 1902 and is entitled Equity No 249, Abel F. Stanton
et al vs George H. Ayres et al, for partition of
certain real estates in said bill described, and whereas
upon hearing and consideration thereof the said Court on
the 14th day of April AD 1902 adjudged that the complainants
were entitled to partition of the premises described in said
bill, and ordered partition thereof to be made by the sale
of the real estate described in said bill and a division
of the proceeds among the several parties entitled thereto,
and entered a decree accordingly in said cause and
Therein appointed Oliver H. Williams of said Westerly,
Commissioner to sell the same at public auction on or
before the 31st day of August AD 1902, in such parcels
and at such times as to his discretion should seem most
advisable; and whereas said Oliver H. Williams Commissioner
as aforesaid, notified the premises hereinafter decided
for sale at public auction in accordance with the
provisions of said first mentioned decree, and on the
19th day of August AD 1902 at 11:30 oclock in the
forenoon sold the same at public auction to Peter P.
Palmer of Richmond in said County for the sum of
7,500 Dollars, the said Peter P. Palmer being the
highest bidder therefore at said sale.
Now therefore, know all men by these presents, That
I, the said Oliver H. Williams, Commissioner as aforesaid
by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as
aforesaid by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
and in consideration of the sum of 7,500 Dollars to be
me paid by said Peter P. Palmer, the receipt whereof in
hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant bargain sell,
assign and convey unto the said Peter P. Palmer, his heirs
and assigns forever, a certain tract or parcel of woodland
called "Salt Mountain Mud lot" situated near
"Salt Mountain Hill" so called, containing by
estimation twenty acres more or less, bounded North by
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by land formerly of the heirs of Thomas Johnson deceased Eastly
by land of Linwash lo, Pressey, North Eastly by land of Ethan
Hornell and wife and Westerly on land of Alfred Clarke
or trustee, bounded, being the seventh tract of land described
in said bill. To have and to hold the same
together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof
to him the said Peter P. Palmer, his heirs and assigns forever,
to their only use, benefit and behalf. And I the said
Oliver H. Williams for myself and my heirs, executors and
administrators, do covenant with the said Peter P. Palmer
his heirs and assigns, that I was and am lawfully
empowered by the court aforesaid to make sale of the
premises, and that in the sale thereof I have pursued
the instructions of said court and the law in the premises.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 20th day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
Oliver H. Williams
Commissioners
State of Rhode Island ve
County of Washington Se
On Westerly in said county on
this 20th day of August, AD 1902 personally came
before me, Oliver H. Williams, to me known and by
who known to be the person of that name described in
and who, in his capacity of Commissioner, executed
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same
by him executed, to be his free act and deed in his
said capacity.
C. A. Morgan
Notary Public L.S.
I, Oliver H. Williams of Westerly in the county of
Washington and State of Rhode Island being duly
sworn or oath ceth dores and say, that I am the same
person who executed the foregoing deed and therein
described as Commissioner, that I gave notice of the
sale of the premises conveyed in said deed by causing
notice thereof to be published in the Westerly Daily Sun,
a public newspaper printed and published in said
Westerly, once a week for more than three consecutive
weeks before the sale thereof, to wit: in the issues
of that newspaper printed and dated respectively
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July 22 and 29 and August 5 and 12
Ad 1902; that the annexed notice here to attached
is a true copy of the notices published as
aforesaid, clipped from one of the aforesaid
issues of said newspaper. That I gave further
notice of said sale by causing like notices
thereof to be posted up in more than three
public places in said town of Westerly to wit,
in the Town Clerk's Office, in the Post Office
in Watch Hill in said Westerly, on a bill
board on the Watch Hill road as called, and
at Dunn's Corner, and in divers other places
in said Westerly; and in the following
places in said Sparkbrook, to wit, in the
Town Clerk's Office, at Narragansett Beach,
on the premises, and in divers places on
the roads leading to and from said premises,
more than three weeks before the date of
said sale. That the premises described in the
deed were sold in accordance with said
notice on the premises on the 19th day of
August AD 1902 at 11-50 oclock in the
forenoon under my direction, said premises
being the same described under the fixed
direction of said notice, to Peter B. Palmer,
who was the highest bidder therein at said
sale for the sum of fifteen dollars; and
that I have made the foregoing deed to complete said sale.
Oliver H. Williams
Subscribed and sworn to at Westerly in said county
on this 21st day of August AD 1902
Before me C. A. Morgan
Notary Public LS
Received for record April 18 1903 at 11-10 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George B. Comes Town clerk
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