The instrument's own words
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334 To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come: I, Howard E,
trustee of the town of Westerly, county of Washington and State of Rhode Island,
in my capacity of commissioner as hereinafter set forth Send Greeting:
Whereas, the honorable Superior Court ordered that for the said county of
Washington, did in the 24th day of May, 1876, enter a decree in a
cause in Equity then pending in said Court, wherein Stanton S. Green
et al., are the complainants and Henry G. Hale et al. are the respondents
(said cause bearing No. 297) declaring that portions of certain lands,
tenements premises and properties mentioned and described in the Bill of
complainant in said cause, and hereinafter more particularly described,
be made by a sale thereof at Public auction, and did and in said
decree appoint me, the said Howard E. Thorp, commissioner, to make
sale of the several parcels of real estate described in said Bill of complainant,
at Public Auction severally and on the said several premises respectively
described in said Bill of complainant respecting that the second tract
borrowed and described presently under "B" in the ninth paragraph
in said Bill of complainant be held on the first part tract borrowed and
described furtherly under "A" in said first paragraph, on the same
day and immediately after the sale of the first part first and,
further to advertise said sale and sales in the "Westerly Sun,"
a public newspaper printed and published in the said town of
Westerly, three times each week for three successive weeks prior
to said sale or sales, and to give such other means of publicity
to said sale or sales as said commissioner deemed best however,
and further that the said several parcels of real estate described in
said Bill of complainant be sold by said commissioner between
the 6th day of July, 1926 and the 31st day of August 1926, both dates
inclusive with power of adjournment without further order of the
court and also and in said decree authorizing one, the said
commissioner or such commissioners then chosen, to make receipts and deeds
to the purchaser or purchasers of said several premises or properties
described in said Bill of complainant good and sufficient deeds made
my hand and seal, conveying all the right title and interest of
the grantors to said Bill of complainant, and each of them as he holds
in and to the several lands tenements, premises and properties so sold
by me and others, however, in pursuance of the power and authority given
to me by said court in said decree I have caused notice of
the sale and sales of said several described lands, tenements, premises
and properties To be published in all particulars in conformity with
the requirements of said decree, and further posted notices and signs
of the time, terms, terms and place of said sales on the respective premises, and
further granted posted notices in conspicuous places in the towns of
Westerly and Charlestown, in said county of Washington, and
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Further distributed divers notices and handbills setting forth the time, terms and
places of said sales, did on the 2nd day of August, AD 1926, at twelve o'clock
noon, Daylight Saving Time, on the premises hereinafter described and
immediately following the second sale on the aforementioned first tract, after
the completion of said advertising, notices and other publicity, sell the lands,
tenements, premises and property mentioned and described under section
"B" of said writ of complaint, and further set forth in said advertisement and
notices as being the third tract, containing by estimation sixty acres, more
or less, at Public auction upon the premises to Eliza E. Carpenter, of westerly,
aforesaid, being the highest bidder at said sale, for the sum of sixteen
thousand fifty (16050) dollars.
Now Therefore know ye, That I, the said
Howard E. Sharp, 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 sixteen thousand fifty (16050) dollars to me paid
by the aforesaid Eliza E. Carpenter (successor in interest to hereby acknowledged)
do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Eliza E.
Carpenter, her heirs and assigns forever, that certain lot or parcel of land,
located in the Town of Westerly in the aforesaid county of Washington and
bounded and described as follows to wit: bounded by the Peck Road
Westerly and southerly by land of Hon. Wm H. Rice easterly by land of
the estate of Joseph W. Arnold, deceased, her heirs and assigns, and containing
sixty six (66) acres, two (2) rods and forty seven (47) perches, more or less
being the same property mentioned and described in Section "B" of said
paragraph ninth of said writ of complaint.
To have and to
hold the aforementioned premises to him the said Eliza E. Carpenter, her
heirs and assigns forever and that on was benefit and behoof forever.
And I Howard E. Sharp, do hereby covenant with the
said Eliza E. Carpenter, her heirs and assigns, That I am lawfully
authorized to make said sale, and that in giving the notices and
making said sale thereof, and in all other matters relating thereto, I have
conformed to the Decree of said court and the requirements of the
laws in the premises.
In witness whereof, I Howard E. Sharp, commissioner
as aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and real seal this 14th day
of August AD 1926.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
Madeline M. Sisson
Howard E. Sharp D.S.
Commissioner
State of Rhode Island
Washington, S.S.
In Westerly in said county on this 14th day of August
AD 1926, before me personally appeared Howard E. Sharp
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to me known and known by me to be the person described in and who
in his capacity, as commissioner, executed the foregoing instrument, and the
acknowledged the same by him executed, as aforesaid to be his free act and
deed in his said capacity
Augustine Th. Lodge, Jr.
Notary Public
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
The following is a true and
correct copy of the Notice of
Sale given by the Judge of the
District Court of the United
States for the District of Rhode
Island and State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations,
dated October 24, 1895, and
published in the Westerly Times
on November 28, 1895, and
November 29, 1895, and December
6, 1895, and December 13, 1895,
containing within the range of
said notices the following:
"Notice is hereby given that
certain premises of real estate
belonging to the heirs of
John and Mary G. Tuttle,
deceased, are hereby ordered
to be sold by the Commissioner
appointed by the Judge of the
District Court of the United
States for the District of Rhode
Island, at public sale, to the
highest bidder, on the 1st day
of January, 1896, at 11 o'clock
a.m., on the premises to be
sold, which are described as
follows:
First Tract: A piece of land
situated in the town of Westerly,
consisting of part of town lot
number 117, bounded on the
north by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, on the
east by the land of the heirs
of Washington Pond in the
town of Westerly, on the south
and east by continuing on and
bounding by certification and
confirmation of the boundary
line between the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond and
the land of the heirs of John
Tuttle, and on the west by the
land of the heirs of Washington
Pond in the town of Westerly,
being the land of the heirs of
John Tuttle, deceased, and
known as the "Homestead"
Tract, containing about 1.5
acres more or less.
Second Tract: A piece of land
situated in the town of Westerly,
bounded on the north by the
first tract above described,
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, on the
south by the land of the heirs
of Washington Pond in the
town of Westerly, and on the
west by the land of the heirs
of Washington Pond in the
town of Westerly, now or formerly
owned by the Hon. Henry Clarke,
containing about 1.5 acres more
or less.
Third Tract: The third tract
have boundaries as follows:
Bounded on the north by the
land of the heirs of Washington
Pond in the town of Westerly,
and on the east by the land of
the heirs of Washington Pond
bounded in the Town of Westerly,
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and on
the west by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and
bounded on the south by the
land of the heirs of Washington
Pond, namely by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and
bounded on the south by the
land of the heirs of Washington
Pond, namely by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and
containing approximately 40 acres
more or less.
Fourth Tract: A piece of land
consisting of the north part of
the premises of the third tract
above described, bounded on
the north by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and on
the east by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and on
the south by the land of the
heirs of Washington Pond in
the town of Westerly, and on
the west side of the highway leading
from the land of the heirs of
Washington Pond in the town of
Westerly, to the land of the heirs
of Washington Pond in the town
of Westerly, containing about 15
acres more or less.
Fifth Tract: A piece of land
situated in the town of Westerly,
of Calumet Beachway, and on
the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the west by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
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heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the north by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the south by the land of the
heirs of Calumet Beachway, and
on the east by