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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that WE, WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY Co., a banking corporation with a principal office in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, THOMAS LYMAN ARNOLD, of the Town of Charlestown, said County and State and LYNDON ARNOLD, of the City of New York, in the State of New York, as Co-Executors of the last will of THOMAS L. ARNOLD, late of said Charlestown, deceased, which will was duly proved before the Probate Court of said Town of Charlestown and a copy of which with will, together with a copy of the probate thereof was, on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1930, filed and recorded in the records of said Probate Court according to law, do, by virtue and exercise of the power to us as said Co-Executors herein given and in aid will, and made and of every other power and authority on hereto enabling, and in consideration of the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred Seventy ($2,470.05) Dollars and other valuable consideration to us as such Co-Executors paid by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Beginning at a point in the westerly line of the road from Crondall Hill to South Kingstown and Braddock, said point being sixteen feet along said westerly line south westerly from a stone wall crossing said road running easterly in a general northerly direction and by the westerly line of the aforesaid stone wall northerly thence running westerly bounding north easterly on land now or formerly of George F. Burdick, to the shore line of the ocean thence north east along said shore bounding thence running in a general southerly direction along the shore line of Watchum Point to a distance of double chain from the shore line of property now or formerly of Christian Nickey; thence running easterly along the said shore line running westerly property line for a distance of 35 feet; thence run ning easterly along the said shore line for a distance of 375 feet for a distance of 1,521.49 feet to the place of point and beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the AFORESAID PREMISES with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto and to the use of the said State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have, in our respective capacities as Co-Executors as aforesaid, hereunto set our hands and seals this 27th day of July, A. D. 1936. (L. S.)
Executed in the presence of:
Billard Day
Bertha N. Wyman
Ethel B. Westerbeke
WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY
By Thomas T. Terry, Vice Pres.
Thomas L. Arnold 2nd
Lyndon Arnold
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, S.O.
In the Town of Westerly, on the first day of August, A. D. 1936, before me personally appeared THOMAS TERRY, Vice President of the Washington Trust Company, Co-Executor of the last will of THOMAS L. ARNOLD, to me known and known by me to be the person executing said instrument and he acknowledged said instrument by his hand executed to be his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Washington Trust Company as Co-Executor.
HAROLD D. LIVINGSTONE
Notary Public (L. S.)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, S.O.
In the Town of Westerly, on the first day of August, A. D. 1936, before me personally appeared THOMAS LYMAN ARNOLD, RECORD, Co-Executor of the will of THOMAS L. ARNOLD, to me known and known by me to be the person executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged and accepted said instrument by his execution to be his free act and deed and in his capacity as said Co-Executor.
HAROLD D. LIVINGSTONE
Notary Public. (L. S.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
In the City of New York, on the 27th day of July, A. D. 1936, before me personally appeared LYNDON ARNOLD, Co-Executor of the will of THOMAS L. ARNOLD, to me known and known by me to be the person executing the aforegoing instrument, and he acknowledged and accepted instrument by his execution to be his free act and deed in his capacity as said Co-Executor.
JOSEPH B. YOUNG
Notary Public.
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