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LYNDON ARNOLD, residing at Brooklyn, New York, THOMAS L. ARNOLD, 2nd, residing
at Charlestown, Rhode Island, and THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, having its office for the transaction of
business at Westerly, Rhode Island, as Executors of and Trustees under the Last Will and
Testament of Thomas L. Arnold, deceased, parties of the first part, IN CONSIDERATION of
the sum of two hundred and fifty Dollars ($250), do hereby grant and sell to WILLIAM B.
HOWES, residing at No. 152 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York party of the second part,
all that certain parcel of land situate in the town of Charlestown, County of Washington,
State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northeasterly corner of a certain
lot deeded by Thomas L. Arnold to smith L. Miller, by Deed recorded in the office of
the Recorder of Deeds of the town of Charlestown, in Book No. 24, at
page 111, of Records of Deeds, running thence southerly along the said lot of
said L. Miller to the southwesterly corner of said lot, then easterly to a point,
running thence northerly and parallel to the easterly line of the said lot of
said L. Miller to a proposed road; running thence westerly along the southerly
boundary of the said proposed road to the place of beginning or other part of boundary
of the said premises.
TOGETHER with a convenient right of way on foot over the land of the parties
of the first part to the demised premises from the present dock of the parties
of the first part on the Atlantic Ocean, known as the Western Point.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands
and seals, this sixth day of October, 1931.
In the presence of
LINTON L. BROWN
(signature) LYNDON ARNOLD (s. s.)
Lyndon Arnold
In the presence of
LINTON L. BROWN
(signature) THOMAS L. ARNOLD 2nd (s. s.)
Thomas L. Arnold 2nd
(signature) THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY
By Arthur L. Perry, Pres.
Thomas Perry, Vice President
Attest:
Everett Barns, Treas.
Harold D. Livingstone, Sec'y
As Executors of and Trustees under the
Last Will and Testament of
Thomas L. Arnold, deceased.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND)
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON ) ss:
On this 31st day of October, 1931 personally appeared before me Thomas L.
Arnold, 2nd, of Charlestown, Rhode Island, and Lyndon Arnold, of Brooklyn, New York, two
of the Executors of and Trustees under the last Will and Testament of Thomas L. Arnold,
deceased, known me to be the persons who executed the foregoing instrument, and they
acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Charlestown, Rhode
Island the day and year first above written.
(signature) LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) ss. :
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON )
In the Town of Westerly in said County on the 16th day of October, 1931 before
me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Arthur L. Perry, Presi-
dent and Thomas Perry, the Vice President of the corporate grantor in the Above and
foregoing instrument, both of them being known to me and known by me to be such officers
of the said corporation and did acknowledge that each of their signatures was his free
act and deed and the free voluntary act and testament of said corporation; and that the seal
affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first
above written.
(signature) DAVID ROBERTSON
Notary Public.
Received for record, November 3rd, 1931 at 5:45 o'Clock P. M., and recorded
by (signature)
Town Clerk.