The instrument's own words
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Know all men that Thomas L. Arnold, residing at Narragansett,
Rhode Island, Lyndon Arnold residing at Sheridan Place, Brooklyn, New York,
and The Washington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Rhode Island, having power to offer for sale collections of leases
at Providence, Rhode Island, as executors of the last will and testament of Thomas
L. Arnold deceased, the mortgage named in a certain mortgage deed and recorded
in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, in real
Estate Book 237, page 38, made by Thomas L. Arnold and granted to Thomas L. Arnold,
dated November 28, 1928 in consideration of the sum of three thousand dollars
($3,000) paid by the Washington Trust Company as Trustee under a deed of trust
made by Thomas L. Arnold, dated the 9th day of April, 1924 the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain Transfer and make over to
the Washington Trust Company as trustee under a deed of trust made by
Thomas L. Arnold, dated the 9th day of April, 1924, its successor and assigns,
The above described mortgage with all the notes and deeds thereby secured and,
all their right title and interest in and to the estate described
therein,
To have and to hold the same with all the privileges and authorities
annexed to the said Washington Trust Company as Trustee under deed of
trust made by Thomas L. Arnold, dated the 9th day of April, 1924 its successor and
assigns, in an ample manner as they now hold the same, namely substituting
and appointing the said Washington Trust Company as Trustee under deed
of trust made by Thomas L. Arnold, dated the 9th day of April, 1924, its successor
and assigns as the attorney permanently irrevocable to lend mortgages under and
with all the premises in said deed granted conveyed and contained,
In testimony whereof the said parties named above and underwritten have
hereto set their hands and seal and the said The Washington Trust Company
has caused their seal thereunto to be affixed to be signed by its duly authorized officer
and it is real to be executed affixed and attested this 3rd day of June, in the
year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and forty.
Signed in presence of
George E. Moore
Thomas L. Arnold I [seal]
Lyndon Arnold [seal]
The Washington Trust Company
by Thomas Terry Vice President [seal]
As Executors of the last will and
testament of Thomas L. Arnold deceased.
Albert David Robertson
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington ss
In the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington in State of Rhode
Island, this 3rd day of June, A.D. 1940, the above named Thomas L. Arnold
and Lyndon Arnold exhibited to me known seals to be the parties signing the
foregoing instrument personally appeared before me and acknowledged
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152. the foregoing instrument by them signed to be then free and voluntary act
and deed. George S. Robertson
Aubrey Pellie
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington SS.
In Providence in the County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, on this
18th day of June, 1938 appeared before me personally came Thomas Berry to me known
as such being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he had seen the parties in meeting
Francis S. Arnold and trustee in office President of the Washington Trust Company,
its chairman declined in attendance and in which specified the foregoing instrument that
the instrument was a deed of corporation and that the seal affixed to said
instrument was a correct seal that it was not executed by any of the
said S. Siveing and that he signed his name there to as per her act and
and intention. David Robertson
Notary Public
recorded in land mme 25 1938 at 9-15 o'clock a.m.
and recorded as a memorandum from Clerk
For further see Book 28. Page 547
KNOW ALL MEN that Mary J. Arnold, individually residing
at Charlestown, Rhode Island and Thomas D. Arnold residing at Charlestown
Rhode Island, Lyndon Arnold residing at 8 Cedar Place, Port Colleton,
New York and The Washington Trust Company, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, having its office
for the transaction of its business at Westerly, Rhode Island, as Executors
of the last will and testament of Thomas D. Arnold, deceased, The
mortgagors named in a certain mortgage deed recorded in the
office of the Town Clerk of Charlestown, Rhode Island, in Real Estate Book
#33, page 412 made by Will M. Fletcher and Margaret Fletcher to
Thomas D. Arnold and Mary J. Arnold, dated January 2, 1929 conveyed
alien sum of the sum of four thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($4350)
paid for by The Washington Trust Company, as trustee under deed of
Trust made by Thomas D. Arnold, dated the 8th day of April, 1924, the
said right title and property acknowledged to hereby grant bargain
convey and assign to the Washington Trust Company,
as trustee under deed of Trust made by Thomas D. Arnold, dated the
day of April, 1924, to its successors and assigns, the above described
mortgage together with the note and debt thereby secured, and all that
their rights title and interest for value thereof in and to the estate
described therein, to have and to hold the same with the
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