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Know all men by these presents that I Obadiah R.
Perry of the Town of Richmond in the County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to me
paid by Frank E. Sweet of said town of Richmond, the receipt thereof is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby sell, convey and forever quitclaim
unto the said Frank E. Sweet his heirs and assigns forever,
all the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand which
I now have or of right ought to have, or to claim, in and to a
certain lot of land situated in the form of channel in in said
County of Washington, containing by estimation three acres more
or less and bounded as follows, beginning at the highway
leading from crossroads to lower fuller, near crossing Day's Brook;
Thence East bounding northerly by land of H. G. & H. W. Tift
Railroad to land now of Chad S. Watson formerly of Benjamin & Hezekiah's
Heirs; Thence Northward bounding easterly by said Brown's land and land of
Saville to the state highway bounding northerly bounding southerly
by said state highway to the above mentioned highway coming to
Brown's fences; Thence westerly bounding westerly by said lot
named highway to the place of beginning, or however otherwise known,
To have and to hold the same, with all the rights,
privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining, unto and
to that use of the said Frank E. Sweet his heirs and assigns
forever. And I the aforesaid Obadiah R. Perry for myself and
for my heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant
with the said Frank E. Sweet his heirs and assigns, that
I will warrant and defend the aforesaid premises unto the
said Frank E. Sweet his heirs and assigns, forever, against
the lawful claims and demands of all persons, and I covenant
that I am unmarried.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 15th day of April in the year of our lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty.
Signed and sealed in presence of Oliver R. Perry L.S.
Richard B. Weaver
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington In Richmond on the fifteenth day of
April A.D. 1920 before me personally appeared Obadiah R. Perry, to me known
and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument and
he acknowledged said instrument by him executed to be his free act
and deed! M. G. Kenyon
Notary Public
Received and recorded April 19, 1920 at 9 o'clock A.M.
and annotated by George B. Cross from deed
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