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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, Fred T. Mitchell, of the town of Westerly, in the county of Washington and
State of Rhode Island, in my capacity of Commissioner as hereinafter set forth, SEND
GREETING:
WHEREAS, The Honorable Superior Court within and for the said county of Washington,
did on the first day of June, A. D. 1939, enter a Decree in a cause in Equity then pending
in said Court, wherein Mary E. Kinney, et al., is the complainant and Loretta F. Kelly,
et al., is the respondent (said cause being Equity No. 397) directing that partition be made
of the real estate described in the bill of complaint in said cause, and hereinafter more
particularly described, by a sale thereof in one parcel at public auction, and did in
and by said Decree appoint me, the said Fred T. Mitchell, Commissioner, to make of sale of real
estate at public auction, first giving notice by advertising the time and place of said sale,
once each week for three successive weeks in the Westerly Sun, a newspaper published in
said town of Westerly, and in addition thereto to give further notice thereof, at the
discretion of said Commissioners, and also in and by said Decree authorizing me, as said
Commissioner, in my name as such Commissioner, to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver
sufficient deed or deeds of sale premises to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and to
receive and receipt for the proceeds of such sale or sales, and
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by said Court in and
by said Decree, I have caused notice of the sale of said real estate to be published in
conformity with the requirements of said decree, and did on the 22nd day of July A. D.,
1939, at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon on the premises, after completion of the notice
by advertising as required by said Decree, sell said real estate in one parcel at public
auction upon said premises to S. E. Carpenter, of Charlestown, in said county and state, he,
being the highest bidder at said sale, for the sum of Five Hundred Thirty ($530.00) Dollars.
NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW YE, THAT I, the said Fred T. Mitchell, as Commissioner as
aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by said Decree of said Court,
and in consideration of the aforesaid sum of Five Hundred Thirty ($530.00) Dollars, to me
paid by the aforesaid S. E. Carpenter, the receipt whereof hereby acknowledged, do hereby
give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said S. E. Carpenter, and his heirs and
assigns forever, a certain tract of land situated in the town of Charlestown, county of
Washington and State of Rhode Island, being
Lots numbered 14 and 15 on plan of land owned by James A. Burdick,
Quonochontaug, Rhode Island. Said plan is on file at the Town Clerk's office
at Charlestown. The boundaries thereof being described and delineated as
follows, viz:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of land hereby conveyed bordering the
land of James A. Burdick and running east one hundred one feet; thence south
a distance of one hundred and ninety five feet; thence west a distance of
one hundred one feet; thence north one hundred and ninety five feet to
point of place and beginning. Bounded on the north, east and west by land
of property of James A. Burdick; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean,
together with right of way to and from the above granted premises over
and across the land of said James A. Burdick
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE aforementioned premises to him the said S. E. Carpenter,
his heirs and assigns, for his and for their own use, benefit and behoof, forever.
And I, and the said Fred T. Mitchell, do hereby covenant with the said S. E. Carpenter,
his heirs and assigns, that I was lawfully authorized to make said sale, and that in giving
the notice and making sale thereof, and in all other matters relating thereto, I have
conformed to the Decree of said Court and the requirements of the law in the premises.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said Fred T. Mitchell, as Commissioner as aforesaid,
have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of July, A. D., 1932.
FRED T. MITCHELL (L. S.)
Commissioner as aforesaid.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
MARY M. QUINLAN
State of Rhode Island,
County of Washington,
In Westerly, in said County, on this 28th day of July A. D., 1932, before me
personally appeared Fred T. Mitchell, to me known and known by me to be the person described
in and who in his capacity as Commissioner as aforesaid, executed the foregoing instrument,
as such Commissioner, and he acknowledged said instrument by him executed, as such Com-
missioner, to be his free act and deed, in said capacity.
(REVENUE STAMP, $1.00)
MARY M. QUINLAN
Notary Public.
Received for record July 30th, A. D. 1932 at 8:40 o'clock A. M., and
recorded by [Signature]
Town Clerk
TO ALL PEOPLE WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
KNOW YE, THAT I, William A. Agard, of the Town of Tolland, County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut, (REVENUE STAMP, $1.00) for the consideration of Ten (10)
Dollars and other valuable considerations received to my full satisfaction of Charles
A. Currie and Hazel E. Currie, joint Tenants, both of the Town of North Attleboro, County
of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do give grant, bargain, sell and confirm
unto the said Charles A. Currie and Hazel E. Currie their heirs and assigns, forever, one
certain tract or parcel of land situated in the Town of Charlestown in the County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, bounded and described
as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the south east corner of this lot first described,
thence running westerly sixty feet (60 ft.) bounded southerly by the
Atlantic Ocean, thence northerly two hundred feet, more or less (200 ft.),
to a delivery fence once owned by George W. Browning bounded easterly
by land of said George W. Browning, thence easterly sixty feet (60 ft.)
bounded northerly by a fence, thence southerly two hundred feet
(200 ft.) more or less, bounded easterly by land now owned bytherly
W. Saunders to point and place and begin of measuring.
to HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and bargained premises, with the
appurtenances thereto, unto them and the said grantees, their heirs and assigns forever, to
their own proper use and behoof. And also, I the said grantor do convey for myself, my
heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said grantees, their heirs
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