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lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner as aforesaid, that the said grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, subject as aforesaid, and that said grantors, their heirs and assigns, executors and administrators, shall warrant and defend the same to the said grantee, their heirs and assigns, forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons except as aforesaid.
Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed to these grantors by deed from Thorp by deed dated June 19th, 1926 and duly recorded in the Land Evidence Record Book of the Town of Charlestown in Book 22 at page 401.
The purchaser assumes and agrees to pay the taxes due the Town of Charlestown in the month of October, 1943.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 6th day of November, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three.
(SEAL)
FRED L. ARNOLD
(SEAL)
NELLIE J. ARNOLD
(DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $4.40)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE
In Providence, on the 6th day of November, A. D. 1943, before me personally appeared Fred L. Arnold and Nellie J. Arnold, husband and wife, no to known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
JOSEPH W. SABIN (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
My Commission Expires June 30, 1946.
Received for record December 10th, A. D. 1943 at 9:00 o'clock a.m. and recorded by [?]
Town Clerk
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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, Howard E. Thorp of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, Commissioner in that Cause in Equity hereinafter referred to and in my capacity as such Commissioner, SEND GREETINGS:
Whereas the Honorable Superior Court within and for the said County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, did on to wit on the 20th day of October, A. D. 1943 enter a Decree in a cause in Equity then pending in said Court, wherein Fred H. Kenyon et als are the Complainants and Stephen E. Chase et als are the Respondents, (said cause being Equity Case No. 607), directing that certain lands and tenements, premises and properties mentioned and described in the Bill of Complaint in said Cause, and in said Bill of Complaint more particularly described, be sold at Public Auction and did in and by said Decree authorize me, the said Howard E. Thorp, Commissioner to make sale of the several parcels of real estate described in said Bill of Complaint at Public Auction to the highest bidder, and further directing me to advertise said sale or sales by giving notice of sale published at least once each week for three successive weeks prior to the date of sale in some newspapers having general circulation in the Towns of Richmond and Charlestown in said County of Washington and further authorizing me to give such other additional notice of the time and place of sale as to me should seem advantageous and for the best interest of all the parties to said Bill of Complaint and also in and by said Decree authorized me, the said Commissioner, as such Commissioner to make and execute a good and sufficient deed of said premises to the highest bidder at such public auction.
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Whereas in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by said Court in
and by said Decree, I did cause notice of the time and place of sale and sales of the
several parcels of lands and tenements, premises and properties described in the said Bill
of Complaint to be published in all particulars in conformity with the requirements of said
Decree, did advertise said auction sale in the Westerly Sun, a newspaper having general
circulation in said Richmond and Charlestown, in issues thereof published on November 3rd,
November 10th, November 17th and November 24th, 1943, and in the Hope Valley Advertiser in
issues thereof published on November 11th, November 18th and November 25th, 1943 and further
posted notices and signs of the time, terms and places of sales on the premises offered
for sale and described in the Bill of Complaint and further posted notices of the time
and place of sales in conspicuous and prominent places in the Towns of Westerly, Charlestown,
Richmond and Hopkinton in said County of Washington, and further distributed numerous no-
tices and handbills setting forth the time, terms and place of said sale and did sell on the
27th day of November A. D. 1943, at eleven-thirty o'clock, E.W.T. in the forenoon,
immediately following completion of the sale of the Fourth Parcel, on the premises of the
Fourth Parcel mentioned and described in said advertisement appearing in said Westerly Sun
and further setting forth as Fifth Parcel in said advertisement of Commissioner's Sale the
hereinafter described at Public Auction upon the premises of the Fourth Parcel as set forth
in said advertisement of Commissioner's Sale to H. LEROY WRIGHT, of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, he being the highest bidder at said sale
for the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars for sale of Fifth Parcel hereinafter described.
NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE, That I, the said Howard E. Thorp, Commissioner, as afore-
said, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by said Decree of said Court and in
consideration of the aforesaid sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars to be paid me by the afore-
said H. Leroy Wright (receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) do give, grant, bargain, sell
and convey unto the said H. Leroy Wright, his heirs and assigns forever:
That certain tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown and State of Rhode
Island with whatever improvements there maybe thereon, described as lot #2 on a certain
plat entitled, "Indian Reservation, East Side," surveyed and platted by M. S. Greene and
recorded in Records of Land Evidence in said Town of Charlestown, said lot being a part of
East Common, so called, and contains 58.9 acres, more or less; being the same premises con-
veyed to John L. Kenyon by the State of Rhode Island by deed dated August 11th, 1882 and
recorded in the Land Evidence Records of said Charlestown in Book 11 at page 181. Refer-
ence to the same and the record thereof being hereby made and and the same made a part
hereof, excepting from the above described tract that parcel of land acquired by the State
of Rhode Island for highway purposes.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises to his, the said H. Leroy Wright,
his assigns and heirs assigns to forever his and their own use and behoof.
And I, the said Howard E. Thorp do hereby covenant with the said H. Leroy Wright,
his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully authorized to make said sale and in giving the
notice and making the sale thereof and in all other matters relating thereto and I have
conformed to the Decree of said Court and the requirements of the law in the premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said Howard E. Thorp, Commissioner as aforesaid, have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 9 day of December A. D. 1943.
signed and sealed in the
presence of:
JOHN J. DUNN
HOWARD E. THORP
Commissioner
(DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, 25¢)
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY of WASHINGTON
In Westerly in said County on this 9 day of December A. D. 1943, before me personally appeared Howard E. Thorp, to me known and known by me to be the person described in and who in his capacity as Commissioner, executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged the same, by him executed as aforesaid, to be his free act and deed both individually and in his capacity as aforesaid.
JOHN J. DUNN
Notary Public.
I, Howard E. Thorp, of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, on oath depose and say that I am the person who in my capacity as Commissioner, appointed by the Superior Court Washington county and within for said County of Washington as aforesaid, made and executed the foregoing deed;
That I gave notice of the time, terms and place of said sale by publication thereof in the Westerly Sun, a newspaper circulating in said Towns of Richmond and Charlestown in said County of Washington, once each week for four successive weeks prior to said sale, as well as by notice the hereto annexed, produced by causing said notice to be published in the issues thereof dated and published respectively November 10, November 17, November 24, and November 24, 1943, and further by posting signs and distributing posters setting forth the place of said sale; and that on the 27th day of November A. D. 1943, at eleven-thirty o'clock E.V.T. in the forenoon on the premises described in the Fourth parcel mentioned and described as Fourth Parcel in said Advertisement, after the completion of said four advertisements, notices and other publicity, the said Fifth Parcel was sold to H. Leroy Wright, the Grantee named in the foregoing deed, for the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars for the Fifth Parcel, being then the highest bidder, and said sum the highest bid for said premises at said sale and that I have made and executed the foregoing deed to complete said sale under the authority given me in and by the Decree of said Court referred to in said deed.
HOWARD E. THORP
Commissioner
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY of WASHINGTON
In Westerly in said County on Washington on this 9 day of December A. D. 1943, subscribed and sworn to before me.
JOHN J. DUNN (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public.
Received for record December 10th, A. D. 1943 at 9:10 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature]
Town Clerk
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