The instrument's own words
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192 Know all men by these presents, That D. Ekomor D.
Baker of the Town of South Kingstown, Washingtons county in the State of
Rhode Island (hereinafter called the mortgagor) in consideration of One
Thousand (1000) dollars to me paid by the Wakefield Jute Company a
corporation created by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island,
located and transacting business in the Town of South Kingstown
County of Washington, in said State, the receipt of which is duly
acknowledged, do hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto
said Wakefield Jute Company its successors and assigns forever
a certain tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown in the aforca
said County and State, containing one hundred and fifty (150) acres
be the same more or less with all the buildings, privileges and appurt
enances to the same bonded and described as follows beginning on the
North by a line bound more or formerly of Goddard T. Brondick, on the
South by the salt pond and on the West by land formerly of James A. Kenyon
or however bounded or in fact to be bounded, (Also one island situated
in said Charlestown containing by estimation eight (8) acres of land
more or less, bounded North West North and East by the salt pond and
in the North by the east part and real force, also an neck of salt marsh
lands called lying and being in said Charlestown, containing five
(5) acres of land be the same more or less and bounded North by the
salt pond, as called East by land more or formerly of George P. Pearson,
South by the sea and West by land more or formerly of Benjamin Leaches,
and said Edward T. Brondick, or however otherwise bounded or refers
to be bounded, all the above described tracts of land and premises being
the same conveyed to Elnor E. Booming and Ellen M. Booming by
Edward M. Burke, Commissioner by deed dated August 10, 1916 and
recorded in said Land Evidence records in said Charlestown in Book 80
at page 372 and being the same premises conveyed to Jathman K.
Foster by George M. Moore and others, by deed dated December 30, 1871 and
recorded in said Land Evidence records in Book No 40 at page 812
excepting the lands and premises mentioned and described in a deed
from Jathman K. Foster to Bathman K. Foster dated July 30, 1888 and
recorded in said Land Evidence records in Book 100 at page 102 and the
lands and premises mentioned and described in a deed from Jathman K.
Foster to Libby Lakes dated November 1883 and recorded in said Land
Evidence records in Book No 11 at page 213, and the lands and premises
mentioned and described in a deed from Jathman K. Foster and P. B. Bullock
of date June 15, 1887 and recorded in said Land Evidence records in Book
No 11 at page 449 to which deeds reference is hereby made and void, The same
having an claiming a right of way over the above described lands,
Also a tract of land situated in said Charlestown, containing twenty
four (24) acres of land, more or less bounded as follows: beginning
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at the south end of the line wall between Land of Edward B. Butterworth and
lands above described at the southeast corner of their premises; thence running
Northerly in a straight line in continuation of the line wall above mentioned
to the beach road, so called, bounded Easterly by land of Edward B. Butterworth;
thence Northerly bounded Northerly by said beach road & thence more or less formerly
of Robert Browning; thence Southerly bounded Westerly by said Browning land
& the swamp and salt marshes, and thence West Northerly bounded Westerly by
said road & thence to the mortgage (above described and conveyed), thence
Easterly bounding Northerly by bounds above described to the first mentioned
corner of said line wall, the premises above being of beginning, or known otherwise
bounded or reputed to be bounded, also another tract of land situated in
said dishwasher, bounded and described as follows to wit: beginning at the
Northwest wall of the wall on the North side of the Mill Property, so called, formerly
of Ellen B., and Ellen Mc Browning (above described), thence Easterly
following said wall to the beach road, so called, bounded Northerly by lands
of Edward B. Butterworth; thence Southerly bounded Easterly by said beach road
fifty (50) feet thence Westerly parallel with said wall or North line and fifty (50)
feet from the same to lands formerly of Ellen B., and Ellen Mc Browning,
bounding Southerly by lands of Edward B. Butterworth; thence Southerly bounding
Westerly by lands formerly of Ellen B. and Ellen Mc Browning to the place
of beginning, or known otherwise bounded or reputed to be bounded, viste the
last above described parcels of land being the same parcels conveyed to
Ellen B., and Ellen Mc Browning by Edward B. Butterworth by deed dated
November 7, 1921 and recorded in said town's records Recorder Book No. 27
at page 19 reference to which and the second where of is made as part hereof,
Excepting from the hereinbefore described lands and premises so
much thereof as this mortgagor has hereafter by conveyances comprised by deeds recorded
in said town's records (all of which are referred to as part hereof)
to Frank G. Moore, George H. Henrich, Byron Leconda, Mabel M. Bernis,
Alanson Brown, Ethel L. Broughten Jennie S. Putnam, Clara L. Denny, George
H. Williams, Esther F. Howard, Albert B. Moore, Ronald Cove, Dustin L.
Brown and Antonio L. Fonseca, to have and to hold, the afore-
granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto
belonging with and to the use of said Wakefield Trust Company, its successors
and assigns forever. And I the said mortgagor do hereby, for
myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant and
with said Wakefield Trust Company, its successor and assigns that
I am lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that
the same are free from all encumbrances, that I have good right,
full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner
as aforesaid; that said Wakefield Trust Company, its successor and
assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and
quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and that I the said
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194 mortgagor will will, and my heirs, executors and administrators
shall warrant and defend the same to said Wakefield Trust Company,
its successors and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons. But for the consideration aforesaid, I,
Howard Hamilton Baker, husband of the aforementioned Eleanor D. Baker
do hereby expressly reserve all my right of curtesy in and to the said
granted premises unto said Wakefield Trust Company, its successors
and assigns forever. It is however, nevertheless that my conveyance
is made upon the express condition, that if the said mortgagor,
or my heirs, executors administrators or assigns shall not pay unto
said Wakefield Trust Company, its successor or assigns, the
sum of the amount being one dollar, or whoever I the said mortgagor
have made may execute promissory note for says aggregates sum,
bearing even date with date present and made payable to the owner
of the said Wakefield Trust Company, with upon said date listed,
with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable
semi annually in advance with said principal sum is paid, whether
at other maturity, and all installments of interest in arrears, whether
before or after maturity, at said rate aforesaid must paid,
and shall also pay all taxes and assessments of every kind levied or
assessed upon or in respect of said premises, or in respect of said
mortgage, which said Wakefield Trust Company, its successors or
assigns may be called upon to pay whether assessed under statistics
made in tax or that may be subsequently enacted from this date as
said promissory note shall be absolute, readily, to all utilities
and purposed whatsoever. But if default shall be made in
the payment of the said principal sum or of said interest at the time or times
and in the manner aforesaid, or of the taxes or assessments aforesaid as
the same become payable, or of any rather of them, or of any part thereof,
or breach shall be made of the covenant for insurance heretofore
contained, then I shall be lawfully for said Wakefield Trust Company, its
successors or assigns, to sell, forfeit or in parcels, all and singular, the
premises hereby granted or intended to be granted or any part a parts
thereof and the forest and equity of redemption than the said Eleanor
D. Baker and Howard Hamilton Baker, our husband and their wives,
executors administrators and assigns thereof, in full public auction, and to
void and for the proceeds for purchase premises or any such sale, and to
any other purchaser or purchasers shall be conveyed for the application
of the purchase money, first giving notice of the Time and place of sale
by publishing the above last each once each week for three consecutive weeks
in some newspaper published in Washington county, said State of Rhode
Island, with power to adjourn such sale from time to time, provided
that the publishing of said notices shall be continued, together with
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a notice of the adjournment & supplements, at least once each week in the same
newspaper; and said sale to be upon the premises or elsewhere as specified in
such notice; and in its or their own name or names or as the attorney or attorneys
of them the said Thomas D. Baker and Howard Hamilton Baker, for him/them (that
furthermore they these persons duly authorized and appointed with full power of
substitution and revocation), it makes, executes and delivers to the purchaser or
purchasers at such sale or sales a good and sufficient deed or deeds of
said premises in fee simple, and to receive the proceeds of such sale
or sales, and freedom to retain all sums hereby received, whether the same
due to or full of the underwriter, or the part thereof due remaining unpaid,
and also the interest there due on the same, together with all expenses
incident to such sale or sales, and all come free and clear and other encumbrances,
recorded in or in any way connected with the premises of Nate Power,
and all taxes and assessments as aforesaid, and all indemnities for
insurance of any kind; and further that said Wakefield Trust Company
its successors or assigns, or their remaining unpaid, rendering and
paying the surplus of said proceeds of sale if any there be over and above
the amounts so to be obtained as aforesaid, together with a true and
particular account of such sale by rate expenses and charges to them.
The said mortgage and his heirs, successors, administrators et assigning,
which sale of a later makes or aforesaid shall forever be a quietitude
both in law and in equity against them the said Thomas D. Baker and
Howard Hamilton Baker, their heirs, successors, administration and
assigns, and all persons claiming said premises, as sole, by from
or under them or any of them. And I, the said mortgagor, for
myself and for my heirs, successors, administrators and assigns,
hereby covenant with the said Wakefield Trust Company, its successors
and assigns that I or they will upon request execute such deeds or
deeds, confirmatory of such sale or sales as may be necessary or
advisable. And furthermore, the said mortgagor, for
myself and for my heirs, successors, administrators and assigns,
hereby covenant with the said Wakefield Trust Company, its successor
and assigns that insurance against loss by fire shall be kept and
maintained on the buildings on the premises aforesaid in such office
or offices as said Wakefield Trust Company, its successor and assigns,
shall advise in a sum not less than [blank]
dollars, and that
the policy or policies of such insurance upon said buildings, shall be
assigned and transferred or made payable in case of loss, to said
Wakefield Trust Company, its successors and assigns as collateral
security hereby and in behalf thereof, hereby agree that said Wakefield
Trust Company, its successors and assigns, may effect such insurance
either in its or their own name or in the name of
the
said mortgagor, her heirs or assigns, and that the premium or premiums
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196 said transfer shall be a further charge upon said granted premises,
secured by these presents as aforesaid;
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
30th day of April, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight, (1928)
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Everett J. Bateman
Eleanor D. Baker L.S.
Howard Hamilton Baker
by Eleanor D. Baker L.S.
Attorney in fact
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington SS
In North Kingstown on the 30th day of April A.D. 1928
before me personally appeared the above named Eleanor D. Baker,
Eleanor S. Baker attorney in fact and of for her husband Howard
Hamilton Baker acknowledged to me known and proven to me to be the
parties executing the foregoing instrument and they personally
acknowledged said instrument, by them executed to be their free act and
deed.
Everett J. Bateman
Notary Public SS
Received for record May 19 1928 at 4.15 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George L. Cross, Town Clerk
The Wakefield Trust Company in North Kingstown, having received
full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage does hereby
cancel and discharge the same.
In testimony whereof, said Trust Company has caused there inserted
to be written and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed by the Treasurer
thereof duly authorized this 28th day of February A.D. 1929
Signed and sealed in presence of
Everett J. Bateman
Wakefield Trust Company L.S.
by Frank D. Clemenz Treasurer
Recorded February 28, 1929
by George L. Cross Town Clerk
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