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382 State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Charlestown on the 4th day of September A.D. 1914 before me personally appeared Edward Bedlow too be known and known me to be the party executing the following instrument and he acknowledged and ratified and confirmed say letter speculated, to be his free act and deed.
George Lawrence
Notary Public
Recorded for record Sept 4 1915 at 9 o'clock A.M.
and sealed by George Lawrence Town Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Ralph Latour administrator of the town of Narragansett, County of Kent State of Rhode Island, administrator upon the estate of William A. Aldrich late of North Kingstown connected deceased, whom was the mortgage named in a certain Mortgage deed recorded in the record of Land Evidence in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, in Real Estate Mortgage Book 18 at page 168 recorded in Clerk's Book of Record, dated December 11, 1809 in consideration of the sum of one dollar to be paid by mary E. Aldrich of said North Kingstown the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby bargain bargain and sell and make over to the said Mary E. Aldrich her heirs assigns administrators and assigns, the above described mortgage deed with the note and debt thereby secured and all my right title and interest at said administration by virtue here of in and to the estate described therein to have and to hold the same with the privileges and appurtenances thereof to her the said Mary E. Aldrich her heirs assigns administrators and assigns in as full and complete manner as I now hold the same, hereby constituting and appointing the said Mary E. Aldrich as her executor, administrator and assigns as the attorney or attorneys irrevocable of said mortgage with all powers of said grant or grants and contained.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto in my said capacity set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1914 signed and sealed in presence of
Frederick S. Jones Ralph Latour administrator
of the Estate of William A. Aldrich LS
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
In Presence this 28th day of August A.D. 1916 the act
named Ralph E. Dunning, to me known being known by me as the party,
executing the following instrument in his said capacity personally,
appeared before me, and ack acknowledged the following instrument be
his freely and voluntarily set and sealed, accordingly
and as administration upon the estate of William S. Blanchard,
Frederick S. Jones,
Attorney Public
Received to record Sept 4 1916 at 10 o'clock after
and recorded by George Brown, Town Clerk
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To All People to whom these presents shall come, I, Albert
E. Brown collector of taxes for the town of Charlestown in the
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for the year 1915-
send Greeting,
Whereas the taxpayers of said
Charlestown at their annual financial town meeting duly notified
and held on the 8th day of April A.D. 1915, voted that a tax of one
dollar on each one hundred dollars valuation of the taxable property
in said town be assessed on or before the first day of September 1915,
and which tax was assessed in accordance with said vote on the 18th
day of August 1915 and the Tax bill in due form delivered to me
with the warrant duly signed attached hereby requiring me to proceed
according to law and collect said tax and follow the same in the
town treasury of said town, and whereas the heirs of Thomas J.
Champlain decided neglected to pay the tax assessed against them
and refused in said title amounting to the sum of one dollar, and
in consequence thereof I did on the 5th day of August 1916 said
warrant upon a certain tract of land belonging to said heirs of
Thomas J. Champlain, deceased, located in said Charlestown, and
advertised the same for sale at three public places in said Charlestown,
namely at the Town Clerk's office, at the store of G. L. Brown and at
the Post Office in said Charlestown, and divers other places in
said town and also in the Westerly Daily News, a newspaper
published in Westerly in said County and State for more than twenty
days previous to sale, and on the 31st day of August 1916 at ten
o'clock A.M. I proceeded to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid and the following transfer of the same was