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410 Know all men by these presents, that
I Charles Burdick resident of Charlestown, county of Washington
State of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of one
dollar to me paid by Henry P. Burdick of said Charlestown
the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge as hereby remising,
release and forever quit claim unto the said Henry
P. Burdick his heirs and assigns forever, all the right
title, interest, property, claim and demand which I now
have or ought right to have, or claims, in and to a
certain farm situated in said Charlestown containing six
hundred acres more or less with all the buildings and
improvements thereon standing, bounded as follows, on
the North by a highway, East by the land of Stephen Brownell
and land of George Burdick, South by Narragansett Bay
and land of said Charles and Henry P. Burdick and West
by land of William S. Aldrich and a highway, or however
otherwise bounded. To have and to hold the same
with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto
pertaining unto and to the use of him the said Henry
P. Burdick his heirs and assigns forever. And I the
aforementioned Charles Burdick for myself and for my
heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with
the said Henry P. Burdick his heirs and assigns, that I
will warrant and defend the aforesaid premises
unto the said Henry P. Burdick his heirs and assigns
forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all
persons claiming by, through or under me.
And I, Gertrude Burdick wife of the said Charles Burdick
in consideration of the sum aforesaid as aforesaid do hereby release
and forever quit claim unto the said Henry P. Burdick his
heirs and assigns all my right of spouse in and to the aforesaid
premises
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this 23rd day of April in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.
Signed and sealed in presence of
George E. Cross Charles Burdick L.S.
Gertrude Burdick L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
in Charlestown on the 23d day
of April A.D. 1903 before me personally appeared Charles
Burdick and Gertrude Burdick his wife to me known and known
by me to be the parties executing the signing instrument and they acknowledged
said instrument by their seals to be their act and deed George E. Cross
received payment April 5-1903 at about 4 p m
and delivered to Henry P. Burdick on same date. Notary Public
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