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WARRANTY DEED
Know all Men by these Presents,
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That I Hart A Rice of [Charlemont?] in [th?] County
of Franklin and State of Massachusetts

IN CONSIDERATION OF [Five or Ten?] Thousand dollars paid by
[Calum E Cooley?] of [H???y?] County & State aforesaid

the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, [???] hereby [g???], grant, bargain, [????] and convey [?????] the said
[Calum E Cooley?] a certain point of land situate in
[Charlemont?] aforesaid and [surrounded?] [since?] de-
scribed as follows to wit : Beginning at the South-
west corner of the premises at the corner of Charles [??i??s?]
Land of the [Derfaln River?] thence [westerly?] on the [west or north?]
side of said river to land of Henry Booth, thence
Northerly on [????i? Booth's?] land, [??ing] [4??] west [4??]
to the highway near the school hereon thence on
said highway which divides the granted premises
from land of Ashton [C???t?n?] northerly to land of
[He?n?y Booth?] [M????] Westerly and then Northerly
[on?] lands of said Booth to land of the [H??y? Boo?n?tt?]
thence Westerly & then northerly on land of said
Bassett to land of [Seneca Parker?] thence Westerly
on said [Parkers?] south [1??] one hundred rods to
land of [Elik? s?????????] thence Southerly on said
[Sm???ls?] land to a [Sl??] & [Stones?], thence South [easterly?]
on land of Charles [?i?y?] fifty rods to [an] ]?g?].
Thence Northerly on land of said Charles [?i?y?] to [this?]
[County?] Road. Thence Westerly on said County road to an
Angle in said [???i?y?] [Eastl???] thence [???th??ty?] on said
[??i??] East [????] [15th?] place of beginning. Excepting between
that of [Haid 4????] a lot of land [Known?] as the [Passe???g??? ???? ???????]
by [D????? ?????????]. The land hereby conveyed is esti-
mated to contain one hundred eighty [four or five?] acres more or less
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted premises, with all the privileges and appertinances thereto belonging,
[to?] the said [Culan E Cowley?] his Heirs and Assigns, to his [??????] we [???????] [??????] foreever,
AND I the said [Hart A Rice?] for myself and my Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, do [??????] with the said [Culam E Cowley?], his Heirs and
Assigns, that I am lawfully [?????d?] in the [??????] of the aforegranted premises [??] that they are free from all [?????????rs?],
that I have the [????] right to sell and convey the same to the said [Culam E. Cowley?] his
Heirs and Assigns forever [??] aforesaid, and that I will [?????] my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators shall WARRANT AND DEFEND this same to the said [Culam E Cowley?] his
Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Hart A Rice and Fanny S
Wife of same Hart A Rice
in token of her release of all right and title of [??] to both dower and [???????] in [???]
[???????] premises, have [??????? ????? ???? ????? ???? ? ???] this twenty-seventh of March
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty seven
[signed]A. K. Hanks[/signed]
[signed]Hart A. Rice[/signed]
[signed]Fanny S. Rice[/signed]
[???????] $8 March 27 1867
[Thus?] personally appeared the above named
Hart A Rice & Fanny S Rice
and acknowledged the above [????????] to be them
[?????] and [??????? ???????] before [????].
[signed]A. K. Hanks[/signed] JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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[stamps glued to the paper: 2 or more green circular stamps]
[stamps glued to the paper: 3 George Washington 1.50 stamps]
[stamps glued to the paper: 1 George Washington 50 stamp]

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