The instrument's own words
page 1
69
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 16th day of January A. D. 1932,
by and between Charles F. Kenyon of the village of Shamrock in the town of Richmond,
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, Alfred A. Gobelle of said village of
Shamrock in the town of Charlestown in said County of Washington, No. Noble, Jr.,
of Rumford in said State of Rhode Island,
WITNESSETH:
1. That the said Charles F. Kenyon is the originator and owner of a method,
process or formula for the de-gumming, de-resinating and bleaching of fibres of china-
grass, including roma, rafia, jute, sisal and other allied fibres.
2. That it is proposed by the parties to this agreement to have said method,
process or formula and the rights of said parties protected by procuring a patent on the
same from the United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C.
3. That it is hereby agreed that the said Percy W. Noble, Jr., is to pay all ex-
penses incurred and attend to all the details of procuring said patent, which when
issued shall be issued in the name of the said Charles F. Kenyon.
4. And it is further agreed that said patent when issued shall become the property
of all three parties to this agreement, and they shall all co-operate to devise ways
and means and methods to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of said method, formula or pro-
cess, together with the patent rights to the same, for the joint benefit and advantage of
the parties hereto.
5. It is further provided that none of the parties hereto shall sell his interest
in the subject matter of this agreement without first giving the other two parties an
opportunity to purchase the said interest at the price offered, provided such offer is a
bona fide one, by notifying the two remaining parties in writing of such offer and inten-
tion to sell. It is hereby agreed that the remaining two parties shall have 60 days
after receipt of such notice in writing to exercise the rights granted under this paragraph.
And it is further agreed that no action toward disposing, selling or otherwise parting
with said method, process or formula, or any rights under said patent, shall be taken except
by a two-thirds vote of said parties.
In case a patent on said method, process or formula is procured as aforesaid, the
parties hereto shall meet within sixty (60) days from the date of notice from the United
States Patent Office of the issuance of said patent, and agree upon all the details necessary
to protect the rights of all the parties hereto and do all things necessary to promote the
matter in hand to the best advantage of all of said parties.
This agreement to be binding upon the parties hereto and their heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns forever.
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at Westerly, Rhode
Island, this 16th day of January A. D. 1932.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
HERBERT W. RATHSON.
CHARLES F. KENYON (L. S.)
ALFRED A. GOBELLE (L. S.)
P. WARREN NOBLE, JR. (L. S.)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Charlestown on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1932, before me personally appeared
Charles F. Kenyon, Alfred A. Gobelle and P. Warren Noble, Jr., to me known and known by
me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument,
by them executed to be their free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN. Notary Public.
Received for record, January 16th, 1932 at 2:00 o'clock P. M. and recorded by me.
Town Clerk
page 2
98
State of Rhode Island}
County of Washington}
In Richmond in said County on the 23rd day of May, A. D. 1932, before me
personally appeared Gertrude Burdick, Sarah B. Flympton, Ethel G. Burdick and
Charles M. Flympton, all to me known and known by me to be the parties executing
the foregoing instrument, and they each severally acknowledged said instrument, by
then executed, to be their free act and deed.
OSCAR E. BARBER
Notary Public.
Received for record May 24th, A. D. 1932 at 6:45 o'clock P. M. and
recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I, Charles H. Dyxon (single), of the Town of Richmond, County of Wash-
ington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to Gertrude Burdick
and Ethel G. Burdick, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, of the Town of
Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, with warranty covenants,
That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island, and described as follows, to wit:
That certain tract or parcel of land situated at East Beach,
Quonochontaug, in said Charlestown, except certain portions
of said tract having been previously conveyed, and being that same
estate which was conveyed to Charles Burdick, by deed from
Stanton Austin, deed being recorded in the Records of Land ev-
idence in said Charlestown, in Book No. 12 at Page No. 478 and
479.
Also another tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown
and which is designated as the Hoxie farm, and being that same estate
which was conveyed to Charles Burdick by deed from Stanton
Stearneman and Dean S. Dean, deed being recorded in the Records
of Land Evidence in said Charlestown, in Book No. 12 at Page
No. 155 and 156. Also that certain piece with that same estate which was
conveyed to Charles Burdick by deed from Hannah, Henry P.
Burdick and Olive A. L. Austin, said deed being recorded in the
Records of Land Evidence in said Charlestown, in Book No. 14 at
Page No. 41.
Also another certain tract of land designated in deed of George
Anmons and W. P. Fennell to said Charles Burdick as "Moke Land",
said deed being recorded in the Records of Land Evidence in
said Charlestown, in Book No. 17 at Page No. 91.
Also another tract of land designated in deed of Loug J. Hiscox,
Administrator, of the estate of Samuel J. Hiscox, to said Charles
Burdick as the "Hiscox land", said deed being recorded in the
Records of Land Evidence in said Charlestown, in Book No. 17 at
Page No. 104.
Also six other tracts of land designated in deed of Alfred J.
Richard to said Charles Burdick, as "Stewart S. Cone", "Hannah
Ackley land", "tract containing 7.11 acres", "Original Land",
and also a certain tract containing thirteen (13) acres, more
or less, bounded on the south by the highway, south west and
north by Indian land, said deed being recorded in the Records
of Land Evidence in said Charlestown, in Book No. 22 at Page
No. 103.
Also those three (3) certain tracts of Land designated in deed of
Alfred J. Richard to said Charles Burdick, as "Elsie Poole",
"Guth Chaumgs", and "James Noker land" said deed being recorded in the
The page as recorded
