The instrument's own words
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230 deed to 32 woods, attached hereto and made a part hereof are copies
of the original notice of sale and the two notices of adjournment
thereof in pursuance of which said sale was made, said notices
were published in the Hope Valley Gazette, Collesteries, a humble newspaper
published in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
on the following dates: Original notice of sale, Thursday February
16, 23, March 1, 8, 1928. Notice of 1st adjournment Thursday March
15-22, 1928. Notice of 2nd and last postponement Thursday, March
29, April 5, 1928. Also that the sale was made at public auction
at the time and place designated in said notices and the premises
were sold to my partner X. Tolan, a duly qualified auctioneer.
State of Rhode Island
Providence ss
Walter D. Barton.
In Providence in said County and State this 21st day of
April, 1928 personally appeared before me the above named Walter
D. Barton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed
is true.
E. Potter Aquillon
By Henry Deboe
Received for record June 27, 1928 at 9 15 o'clock AM
and recorded by George G. Coons Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents: That we James B.
Butterfield and wife Maybelle K. Butterfield, of the City of Providence and
State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of one
thousand (1,000) dollars lawful money of the United States paid by the Washington Trust
Company of the town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by these presents do
give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Washington Trust
Company its successors business assigns forever, That tract of land of
land with all buildings and improvements thereon, Privately known as "Mill"
in the town of Charlestown, State of Rhode Island, containing one and eight
tenths (1.8) acres and known as the "Mill Place" or the "Milly Place" and
bounded and described as follows, Commencing at the Northeasterly corner
of said tract at a stone bound in the Southeasterly side of the old Pack
Road at a point one hundred fifty eight and 75/100 (158.75) feet southeast
in a southeasterly direction from the Easterly corner of a stone post at
the Easterly corner of land of a formerly of Edward December Thence
Southeasterly ninety bird and 75/100 (93.75) feet to a stone bound Thence
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Easterly eighty eight and 71/100 (88.71) feet to a stone bound, bounding Northwesterly
and Northerly on said highway known as the Old Post Road; thence Southerly
three hundred fifty-one and 58/100 (351.58) feet to a stone Bound; thence Westerly
two hundred (200) feet to a stone bound, bounding Southerly and Southerly on private
northerly forty (40) feet wide owned by the Estate of the late Frank W. Arnold; thence
Northerly three hundred ninety-six and 42/100 (396.42) feet to a stone bound, bounding
Westerly on other land of said estate of Frank W. Arnold; thence Northeasterly
seventy (70) feet to the front of bounding highway, formed Northeasterly on a
private road forty (40) feet wide owned now or formerly by said Frank
W. Arnold estate as more particularly shown on a plan of said tract made by
H. G. Lound by surveyor in December 19, 1944 attached to the deed to whose mortgage
together with the rights, rights of way and easements as granted in
said deed to the sole mortgagor. Having the same premises conveyed to their
mortgagors by deed from Obed Van Brinkhoff, dated November 1944 under the will
of Frank W. Arnold and recorded in land Records of said Town of Charlestown
in book 14 page 203 said premises are hereby completely subject
to a prior mortgage for $23,000 owned and held by the Washington
Trust Company
To have and to hold the said grant and
bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto in
the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining to the said premises, to its
successors and assigns forever, and on the said premises for our selves
and for our heirs, creditors and administrators, be covariant and to
with the said trustee its successors and assigns that at and before
the ensuing forever we be the lawful owner of the aforesaid bargained premises,
and seised and assured of the same in common right as grant,
perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple and free of good right,
to full, clear, coprime and confirm the said bargained premises in manner aforesaid,
And that the said devised and bargained premises with the appurtenances
are free from all encumbrances of what name or nature soever, that might in
any way measure or depress, obstruct a mortgage or this present deed, except as
hereinbefore mentioned.
Furthermore, we the said mortgagor for
ourselves and for our heirs, grantors and administrators be covariant and
engage the above demise premises to the said Trust company, its successor
will assign, against the lawful claims or demands of any person or
whomsoever whatever, forever to warrant secure and defend the same however
granted as hereinbefore mentioned. And I Frankelle W. Brinkhoff’s wife
of said premises 83, Littlefield st., as the undersigned said estate standing
in the name of my paid husband, in consideration of the sum named and aforesaid,
do hereby release all right title and interest in the said premises its successor
and heirs all right of dower in, and to the aforementioned premises
The condition of this deed is such, that whereas we the said mortgagors
have executed an negotiable promissory note for the sum of one thousand
dollars bearing six per state interest with, and made payable to the said Washington
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232 Court company or order, six months after date, with interest thereon at
the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi annually in advance,
Now therefore, if we the said grantors or any other person for us shall
pay said note at maturity together with the latest thereon according to the
tenor thereof, then this deed shall be void, otherwise same shall be and remain
in full force and effect. Furthermore, we the said grantors do
hereby, absolutely and appoint the said grantee its successors and
assigns our attorneys irrevocable, with full powers of substitution and
revocation for us and in our name or in their name or names at
any time in case default shall be made in the payment of our said
note or the semi annual interest due thereon and such default shall
continue for a term of ten days, to sell at public auction the premises
aforesaid, or any part thereof, they first giving notice of the time and
place of sale by publishing the same at least once each day for
three consecutive weeks in some one of the weekly papers printed within
Providence county and in our names or in its own name
appointed to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
any deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or
purchasers an estate in fee simple absolute, and on sale thereof hereby
granting our said attorneys power to continue or adjourn such
sale from time to time, or all such attorneys to receive
the amount the same may be sold for and, after the payment of
all the expenses incident to such sale or sales, to apply fully and
appropriately the residue thereof to the payment of the amount of
principal and interest of said note hereby recorded hereby agreeing
that in case of a pale of default in the payment of said semi annual
interest the principal of our said note shall be deemed due and payable
on the day of such sale accordingly to us or to our heirs and assigns,
for all sums over and above the amount first over hereby notifying
said conforming such sale or sales as may be made to carried to
be made by our attorneys hereby. Furthermore, we the said
grantors for ourselves and for our heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns, do hereby agree with the said grantee, its successors
or assigns, that insurance against loss by fire shall be kept and
maintained upon the buildings on the premises aforesaid, in a sum
not less than one thousand dollars, and that the policy or policies
of such insurance shall be assigned and transferred to the said
grantee its successors and assigns or collateral security holders and in
event thereof do hereby agree that the said grantee its successors as
assigns may effect such insurance, and the premium or premiums
paid thereon shall be a further lien upon the estate, added to the amount
of our note and secured by these presents.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
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reale this 14th day of June AD 1928
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
Fred A. Otis atty both
James B. Littlefield
Maybelle K. Littlefield
State of Rhode Island
Providence ss
On Providence this fourteenth day of June AD 1928 before me
personally appeared James A. Littlefield and Maybelle K. Littlefield
each of whom are known and known to me to be the individuals described in,
and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowledged
said instrument to be their free act and deed.
Fred A. Otis
Notary Public
Received for record June 27, 1928 at 9-15 o'clock AM,
and recorded by George G. Lowe, Town Clerk
For transfer of above mortgage see Book 24 page 158
For satisfaction of above Mortgage, see Book 30, Page 605
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that Thos H. Hagad N.
Burdick and Ella B. Burdick his wife, both of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the Grantors,
for and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to be paid by Benjamin
Brockman and Marguerite B. Brockman, his wife both of the City of
Providence, County of Providence, in said State of Rhode Island hereinafter
called the Grantees the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do
hereby give, grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Grantees
and their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common and not as
tenants by the entirety lot of parcel of land with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Town of Charlestown,
laid out and designated as lots No. 11 and delineated on that plat
entitled "Plat of Cottage Sites on M. H. Burdick property intersecting
East Beach, by J. H. improvised Surveyor may/1914" which plat is recorded in
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