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We, Otto Nurmi and Minnie Nurmi, his wife, both of Westerly, Washington county,
Rhode Island, for consideration paid grant unto Frances A. Peckham of Westerly Washington
County, Rhode Island, with quit claim covenants two certain tracts or parcels of land lying
and being at or near Quonochontaug Beach, so called, in the town of Charlestown, county of
Washington, State of Rhode Island bounded as follows, first tract.
Beginning at a stone bound set in the ground on the westerly side of the West
Beach Road, so called, a public highway, at the northeasterly corner of the premises hereby
conveyed, said point being a distance of 140 feet southerly from the southeasterly corner
of land of Formann of John Lawrson totaly 140 feet southernly the southeasterly corner
stone bound set in the ground at the northeasterly corner of the premises hereby conveyed;
thence runing southeasterly 140 feet to an iron pipe driven in the ground; thence run-
ning easterly 140 feet to a point on the easterly side of a street or road to be
known as Sunset avenue running north easterly; thence runing north easterly 140 feet to a
point, thence runing westerly 140 feet to an iron pipe driven in the ground; thence run-
ning north westerly 140 feet to a point, thence runing westerly 140 feet to the point at the north
easterly corner of the premises hereby conveyed; thence runing easterly 453 feet, more or less,
to a stone bound set in the ground on the easterly side of the West Beach Road running north
on the various sides referred hereinbefore described by land now or formerly of Charlestown States
Inc., and thence runing north westerly 140 feet to the point of beginning of the first tract and place of beginning
bounded by said West Beach Road, north easterly. Together with hotel building and other improvements
standing thereon and the land thereon and appurtenances thereunto with the furniture and furnishings in
said building known as Kenyon house, and also all other things of personal property now standing on
said premises tract and land hereinbefore described.
Second tract. Beginning at a point directly south west at Sunset ave from the
fourth point mentioned in the first tract above and herein described at a drill hole in the
sand, thence runing south westerly 140 feet, more or less to the shore of Quonon-
ochontaug pond, thence following said shore line to a point on a general southerly direction
to the southeasterly corner of the premises hereby conveyed, thence runing easterly on the line
to a stone bound set in the ground on the easterly side of Sunset avenue running north east
angles to a stone bound set in the ground on the westerly side of said Sunset avenue thence runing
northerly 140 feet to a point, thence runing westerly 140 feet bounded easterly by Sunset avenue
avenue northerly and southerly by land now or formerly of Charlestown States Inc., and
westerly by the shore of Quonochontaug pond. This second tract being a part of that convey-
ed and granted to grantors herein by Charlestown States Inc. by deed dated May 25th, 1940,
and recorded in the land evidence book 28 at page 227. The said grantors hereby convey
to the same and to the record thereof being here by made and had, and it is hereby declared
be the same and to the record thereof being here by made and had, and it is hereby declared
be the same and to the record thereof being here by made and had, and it is hereby declared
right of way and privileges granted to said grantors by deed by said Charlestown States,
Inc. by said deed of said May 25th, 1940, recorded in said Book 28 at said page 227.
Subject to mortgage of record.
And we said grantors hereby release our respective rights of curtesy and dower
respectively one may have in and to the estate of the other in said described premises.
Witness our hands this 18th, day of January A. D. 1944.
OTTO NURMI
MINNIE NURMI
(The consideration of this deed is such no
revenue stamps are required)
State of Rhode Island,
County of Washington,
In Westerly in said county January 18, 1944, before me personally appeared Otto
Nurmi and Minnie Nurmi to me known and known by me to be the persons described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged said instrument by them to be executed
be their free act and deed.
JOHN J. DUNN
Notary Public.
Received for record January 21st, A. D. 1944 at 1:05 o'clock, P. M., and recorded by
[Seal]
Town Clerk
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