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and known to me, to be the individual described in, and who
executed this foregoing instrument and she acknowledged said
instrument to be her free act and deed.
E B Gunning J.P.
Macy Robbin
Resident in things etc Reg No 100 3
Comms expires March 31, 1854
Recorded foresaid search 31 @ 12 14 20 at 9 o'clock this
and received by George E B Gunning from Rosie Belknap
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By Alfred B Baker Town.
Know all Men by these presents, That I
Charles F Edwoods of Charlestown, in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island declared in consideration of the sum of
Ten dollars to be paid by Thurman F Eldredge of Charlestown
hereafter, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge paid, do hereby
remise, release and forever quitclaim unto him the said
Thurman F Eldredge his heirs and assigns forever, all the
right title, estate interest property claim and demand which I
now have, or of right ought to have, or claim, in and to
two certain parcels of Land situated at Enumerating Beach in
said Charlestown, bounded and described as follows:
First tract beginning at the South west corner of the beach
hereby conveyed, and at the South east corner of land formerly
of William Stud Wilson, on the highway leading from
Enumerating Beach; thence running Northly and Eastly
along the line of said Wilson land one hundred feet; thence
Northly and Eastly forty feet; thence Southly and
Eastly in a parallel with the first or West line to a bound
on the road forty feet East from the first bound; thence
Westly along the line of the highway, bounded on the
South by the highway forty feet to the place of beginning.
Second tract beginning at the South west Corner of
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This tract and at the North east corner of the first tract above
described; Thence running Southly boundd westerly by land
formerly of William and Charles Wilson and land formerly of
Edw.d Fisk, Robert Babcock and of James R. Filler to the South west corner
of said Fellers land at the old beach; Thence easterly along the old
beach fifty feet; Thence southerly on land formerly of Albert Paltrish
to the North east corner of the first tract hereby conveyed; Thence
westerly fifty feet to the place of beginning or however otherwise
it be by said tract boundary be contained or described.
To have and to hold the same, with all the rights,
privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining, unto
and to the use of the said Thurman F. Eldridge his heirs
and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned Charles
F. Eldridge for myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators,
do covenant with the said Thurman F. Eldridge his heirs and
assigns, that i will warrant and defend the aforesaid described
premises unto the said Thurman F. Eldridge his heirs and
assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands
of all persons claiming by through or under me, and
I do covenant that I am the lawful owner.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 22 day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
Signed and sealed in presence of
George E. Cross Charles F. Eldridge L S
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
The foregoing instrument on the 22 day of March
AD 1920 before me personally appeared Charles F. Eldridge
to me known and known by me to be the party sealing
the foregoing instrument and the acknowledged said
instrument by him executed, to be his free act and deed.
George E. Cross
Notary Public
Received for record April 1st 1920 at 4 o'clock a.m.
and recorded by George E. Cross Town Clerk