The instrument's own words
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me in the presence of the foregoing instrument and we
the above named witnesses did within our seals agree to be its full
act and deed. Thomas Freeman
Notary Public,
Received for record April 6th 1824 at 4 o'clock P.M.
and recorded by George S. Cross Town clerk
KNOW ALL men by these presents That we
Annie E Banning and Benjamin B Banning both of the
Town of Smithfield, Providence County and state of
Rhode Island have after careful consideration in consultation
of our views and after other considerations to me paid by
his L. T. M. Banning of Albany, Washington County and
State of Rhode Island we hereafter called the Grantee, the
meeting room at or near our house enclosed, do selling the
said meeting room, and we do and may into the said premises
and our successors and our assigns forever the following describes
near are vested in the town of Smithfield, Washington
of Washington and some of these tracts in North Beach, as called,
and bounded and described as follows Beginning at the
S.E corner of one of the parcels herein granted at a point
on the North side of a road & land or parcel of land called town
(207) feet from a stone bound located at the southeast
corner of lot number twenty four (24) on the North side
of said lane or pathway adjoining lands of Benjamin B
Banning as shown on Plan of lands hereinafter referred to thence
running Northly fifty (50) poles thence Northerly thence Southly
thence furnished (100) feet to East beach road as called, thence
Eastly forty fifty (50) poles thence Northeasterly one hundred (100)
feet to a point and thence Northly thence becoming the same premises
Being as described November thirty two (32) in a Plan of lands
bound and signed James H. Banning made by the surveyor John
R. English, dated July 14th on file to be filed in the town clerk
office at said meeting room, with the right of way to the
salt water, and a canal row, and all other roads called, and
furnished, Bourdeick is outlined and described on said
Plan, reference also being had and made to
Plot of land of James A New rich, showing reserving by
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from Dr. Holland, civil engineer mentioning and defining a right of way to
said salt pond and also a right of way to the Ocean beach, dated
august 1723, which right is at will or to be settled in the some lawful
office of said surveyor, although it relates had and made for
further or more particular description of the premises herein conveyed,
meaning to convey by that deed all that certain lot as it was then
set out and described in the same survey as it was described by me
dated 17th day of august AD 1723 and received in wharrotom land
records in book 4 at page 55.
I do make and grant sell the above described premises, with all the
manors, tenements and appurtenances named thereunto, to be belonging unto
and to the use of the said grantee, and his heirs and assigns in
forever. with me and my heirs and assigns, as being for convenient and
for our own hazard, processed and settled in accordance with the
said grant as it was made and assigned that we are completely agreed
and in fee simple of the said aforesaid premises that the entire area have
been all independently’ that I give a quit claim full power
hand careful authority to sell and convey the same in the same manner
as aforesaid that the said grantee and his heirs and assigns shall
all and every have and enjoy at all times hereafter peacefully and
sufficiently have and enjoy the said premises, and that I, and the said
grantor's heirs will, and my heirs, executors and administrators shall
secure and protect the same to the said grantee and his
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 12th day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twenty four.
Executed in the presence of
William H. Rice Carrie S. Bunning L.S.
Albert H. Rice Benjamin S. Bunning L.S.
State of Connecticut
County of New London SS.
In storrington on the 18th day of March, AD 1924, before
me personally appeared Carrie S. Bunning and Benjamin S.
Bunning to me known, and known to be the parties
appearing in the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged
said instrument to be their act and deed
subscribed by them
Signed, witnessed
and sealed, in my presence
Stan Philbin L.S.
Received for record April 5th 1924 $1.20 recording fees.
and recorded by George L. Converse, Town Clerk