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5/25/1936 · DEED · book 26 page 345 doc 88@26/345

From BAKER HOWARD HAMILTON JR
To WATTS CHARLES E JR
Consideration consideration paid
Premises 3.133 +/- acres · Parcel bounded by #1 Highway and a wall (Charlestown, Spruce Point, Charlestown Point)
Index description LOT 11 POWAGET EDGE

Back — where this land came from

This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1936 · DEED · BROWN ALBERT E → BAKER ELEANOR D; BAKER HOWARD HAMILTON · book 26 p 333
◀ 1936 · DEED · BAKER ELEANOR D; BAKER HOWARD HAMILTON → BAKER HOWARD HAMILTON JR · book 26 p 287

Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1952 · RELEASE · INDUSTRIAL TRUST CO → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 32 p 177
“conveyed by deed of Howard Hamilton Baker to this Grantor; said deed bearing date of May 25th, 1936”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma
Follow forward ▶ 1955 · DEED · WATTS CECIL M; WATTS CHARLES E JR → SQUIER LEONARD K; SQUIER MARGARET B · book 35 p 16
“conveyed by deed of Howard Hamilton Baker to this Grantor; said deed bearing date of May 25th, 1936”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1955 · DEED · WATTS CECIL M; WATTS CHARLES E JR → SQUIER LEONARD K; SQUIER MARGARET B · book 35 p 16
▶ 1981 · DEED · STAPLETON HARRIET A; WATTS CHARLES E JR → BENOIT M CHRISTINE; GOUIN BRUCE D · book 66 p 393

Bounded by

Herman F. Anderson

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
188. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That the Federal Land Bank of Springfield, acting for itself and as agent of the Land Bank Commissioner and Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation of Washington, D. C., the holders of certain mortgages recorded in the office of Twn. Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island in Book 24 of Mortgages at Page 431, and in Book 25 of Mortgages at Page 591-4, and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable consideration to said it, does hereby release from the lien of said mortgages, quit-claim and convey to Lucille J. and W. Monroe Hoxie, Jr., heirs and assigns forever, that portion of the premises covered by the said mortgages, which is described as follows: The following parcel of land, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point in a wall (on the #1 Highway line) and this point being the S. E. bound of the Road (Lot #1) thence in a northerly direction along said wall 461 feet to a point in the highway line, continuing in an easterly direction; thence from a point in this wall line in an easterly direction 297 feet thence continuing in a westerly direction for 66 feet parallel with the wall before mentioned continuing in an easterly direction 297 feet thence continuing in a southerly direction 400 feet to the #1 Highway boundary line of Lot 500 thence running in a westerly direction along said highway 334 feet to the point of beginning. containing 3.133 +/- acres of land. also a right of way in common with other abutters at Spruce Point on the south side of the highway and from said point is 415 feet westerly from the easterly line of the mortgaged premises thence southerly along a stone wall across the mortgaged premises to Charlestown Point said right of way to be 20 feet wide. RETAINING and HOLDING the remainder of said mortgaged premises as security for the payment of said mortgages, according to the conditions thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said the Federal Land Bank of Springfield acting for itself and in its capacity aforesaid, under power of attorney dated July 13, 1934, and recorded on 8/28/36 in the Office of the Clerk of Twn. of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, in Book 26, Page 454-5, has caused its own corporate seal to be affixed to these presents and the same to be signed by its Treasurer this 29th day of March 1940. A. B. Harradin V. M. Howes THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF SPRINGFIELD By Hazen R. Ober (Corporate Seal) Treasurer Att: Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss. On this 29th day of March 1940, before me personally came HAZEN R. OBER to me known and known to me to be the Treasurer of the Federal Land Bank of Springfield, the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, which corporation is known to me to be the duly authorized agent of the Land Bank Commissioner and Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation described in and which by said agent executed the foregoing instrument; and the said Hazen R. Ober being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides in Springfield, Massachusetts, that he is Treasurer of the Federal Land Bank of Springfield, the corporation acting individually and in as agent described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument was said corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto by like order and that said seal was affixed and said instrument was executed by him as the free act and deed of said Federal Land Bank, both individually and in its capacity aforesaid. ALLEN B. HARRADIN (Notarial Seal) Notary Public. Received for record April 9th, A. D. 1940 at 3:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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