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388 To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, Albert
E. Barron, collector of Taxes for the town of Charlestown in the
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for the year 1914
Said Greeting, Whereas the Taxpayers of said town
of Charlestown at their annual financial town meeting held
and held on the 2nd day of April AD 1914 ordered that a tax of one
dollar on each one hundred dollar valuation of the taxable property
in said town be assessed on a quota the first day of September 1914
and which tax was assessed in accordance with said order on the
18th day of August 1914 and the by bill in due form delivered to
me with the warrant duly signed attached thereto requiring me to
proceed according to law and collect said tax and place the same
in the town treasury of said town Whereas the head of
James Matthews deceased prayed me neglect to pay the tax assessed against
their estate and appeared in said list amounting to the sum of one
dollar, and in consequence thereof, I did on the first day of October
1915 issue warrant upon a drain head land Island belonging to said
deceased James Matthews deceased, situated in said Charlestown, and
delivered the same to the sale at one of three public places in said Charlestown,
namely at the town Clerk's office, at the store of William G. Coone and at
the store of J.H. Hoyt and he by divers times in places in said town and
did in the westerly part of said town, a newspaper published in Providence in
said county and State for more than twenty days previous to sale,
and on the 12th day of November 1915 at ten o'clock then I proceeded
to sell at public auction the premises aforesaid and George Belford of
said Charlestown was the highest bidder therefore
said George
was that in consideration of the sum of four dollars and sixty two
cents to me paid by said George Belford, the receipt whereof I do
hereby acknowledge I do hereby sell and convey into the said George
G. Belford his heirs and assigns forever all the right title and interest
which the heirs of James Matthews deceased had in and to said
premises at the time of arrears said tax loss with all the improvements
thereon being, said tract is beat in beach land and bounded and described
as follows Beginning at the high water mark at a stake at the
Southwest corner of said tract Thence westerly eight rods to a stake
Thence Easterly forty feet to a stake, thence southerly eight rods to a
stake at high water mark, Thence westerly forty feet to the place of
beginning, Bounded Northerly on land formerly of Burlington cedar,
Easterly and Westerly on land of said Edward H. Bordele and Southerly
by the sea, or harbor otherwise bounded.
I have and do bind
the same to the said George G. Belford his heirs and assigns forever,
subject to the right of redemption provided by law.
And I the said Albert E. Barron collector as aforesaid do
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covenant with said George Converse his heirs and assigns That I have
advertised said property as above described stated and have complied with the
terms of the laws regulating the collection of Taxes.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this
15 day of November AD 1715
In presence of
George Converse
Albert E. Brown N.S.
Collector
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
On this fifteenth day of December AD 1715
before me personally appeared Albert E. Brown collector of taxes to me
known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing
written instrument and acknowledged said instrument by him executed
to be his free act and deed in his capacity as aforesaid
George Converse
J. Hans Public
Received for right sale Sept 14th 1716 at 9 o'clock hr.
and recorded by George Converse Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we Johannes K. Greene,
of the town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island (hereinafter) referred as vendor, being a Yeoman and of the City
and County of Providence in said State of Rhode Island considered in consideration
of the sum of one ($1) dollar and other good and valuable consideration
to pay unto my Anna D. Ashforth of the city and county of Providence
in said State of Rhode Island the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
to hereby remise, alienate and forever quitclaim unto her the said
Anna D. Ashforth her heirs and assigns forever, all the right title,
interest, appurtenances, claim and demand whatever we most have, or of
right ought to have, or claim, or demand in and to a certain tract or parcel
of land situated in the town of Charlestown in said County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island containing by estimation
one (1) acre, in the same more or less, bounded and described as
follows to wit: Bounded on the north by land of the grants on
the East by land of the brownte, on the West by the highway and
on the South by the highway, or however the said tract
may be bounded. To have and to hold the same
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