The instrument's own words
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TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
WHEREAS, FRANKLIN D. LAWSON, of the City, County and State of New York, (here-
inafter called the mortgagor) did on the 29th day of July, A. D. 1911 make and execute a
deed of mortgage of real estate situated partly in the Town of Westerly, County of Wash-
ington, and State of Rhode Island, and partly in the Town of Charlestown, County of Wash-
ington and State of Rhode Island, assign to, J. DANIEL DAVIS, FREDERICK P. DAVIS and WALTER H. DAVIS,
all of the Town of St. Connecticut, Connecticut, (hereinafter called the mortgagees) to secure
the payment of a certain promissory note, as will more fully appear by reference to said deed
which is recorded in the land records of the Town of Charlestown in Book 19, Page 167, and
in the Land Records of Mortgages of Real Estate in said Town of Westerly, in book number 12
at page 106; and Whereas said mortgagor by said deed of mortgage fully authorized and empow-
ered the said mortgagees, their executors, administrators and assigns, to sell and convey the
property described in and conveyed by said deed of mortgage, under the conditions and in the
manner specified in the same;
and Whereas in said deed of mortgage, MARBEL L. LAWSON wife of said FRANKLIN D.
Lawson, did her release her dower and join in the power of said aforesaid;
and Whereas said J. DANIEL DAVIS, FREDERICK P. DAVIS and WALTER H. DAVIS by deed
dated July 29, A. D. 1914 and recorded in book number 19 at page 169 of said records of the
Town of Charlestown, and in book number 42 at page 306 of the Land Records of said Town of
Westerly, did assign to THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Rhode Island corporation, located
in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, its successors and
assigns forever, all their, right, title and interest in and to said deed or mortgage and to
the premises therein described, and the debt thereby secured; and did substitute and appoint
said THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, its successors and assigns to be the attorneys of said
FRANKLIN D. LAWSON and MARBEL L. LAWSON, under said deed;
and Whereas the aforesaid deed of mortgage was made and given on the condition that
if the promissory note mentioned and described therein, and the interest thereon, and the
debts and claims thereby secured, should be paid according to the tenor thereof, then said
deed to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect;
and Whereas default was made in the condition of said deed, in this: The interest on
said promissory note and the said promissory note became due and payable and remained unpaid
for more than ten days from the maturity thereof and before giving notice of sale by adver-
tisement hereinafter mentioned;
and Whereas the said THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY did, after the said default had
continued more than ten days advertise the premises described in said deed, for sale at pub-
lic auction in the Westerly Daily Sun, one of the public newspapers printed in the said Town
of Westerly for twenty days before the day of the sale named therein, as set forth in the
affidavit and notice sale hereto attached and made a part hereof;
and Whereas at a public auction held upon the premises described in said deed of
mortgage on the 28th day of January, A. D. 1935 at 2:30 o'clock, P. M., in pursuance of and
in accordance with said advertisement and notice of sale, said default still continuing, the
premises were purchased by F. SAMUEL NARDONES, of the Town of Westerly, in the County of Wash-
ington and State of Rhode Island, being the highest bidder therefore, for the sum of Five
Hundred ($500.00) Dollars.
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-- AFFIDAVIT --
I, Arthur L. Perry, of the Town of Westerly, in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island, on oath depose and say: I am the person who caused the sale
mentioned in the proceeding to be made. The following is a copy of the notice of sale
that was advertised and in pursuance of which said sale was made.
Mortgagee's Sale
will be held as Public Auction on
Friday, December 21, 1934, at
10 o'clock A. M., on the premises, at
Westerly, R. I., by Russell L.
Slocum, a duly qualified auctioneer,
in the Town of Westerly, in the County
of Washington, State of Rhode Island,
by virtue of the power of sale con-
tained in a certain mortgage given by
one Mark M. Lawson, dated Septem-
ber 20, 1927, and recorded in the
Town of Westerly, R. I., in Plat Book
three, page 156, and further by virtue
of mortgages of said Lawson date
October 1, 1930, and November 1,
1932, recorded in the Plat Books of
the Town of Charlestown, Rhode
Island, in volume 11, page 111, and
volume 12, page 111, respectively.
Two certain lots of land, being all
of the land now owned by said Mark
M. Lawson, in the Town of Charlestown,
both in the County of Washington,
State of Rhode Island, bounded on
the north by land of Daniel
Farley, on the east by land of Daniel
Farley, on the south by land of Daniel
Farley, and on the west by land of Daniel
Farley, and more particularly described
herewith, said land being recorded in
the List of Deeds of Charlestown in
Plat Book 11, page 111, and Plat Book
12, page 111, and also certain heri-
tages at Lot Plan 20, and in said Charle-
town, a house and lot, being the resi-
dence of said Mark M. Lawson, bound-
ed on the north by land of Daniel
Farley, on the east by land of Daniel
Farley, on the south by land of Daniel
Farley, and on the west by land of Daniel
Farley, and more particularly described
herewith, said house and lot being re-
corded in the List of Deeds of Charle-
stown in Plat Book 11, page 111.
The premises are sold subject to all
liens, taxes, and encumbrances there-
on, and the purchaser will take the
same subject to the same.
The premises are sold as is and
where is, hereby made a sale and
conveyance of the fee simple estate,
and the same are hereby made a part
of the description of the premises
hereby sold.
The premises are also subject to an
easement for the purpose of pass-
age, over all lots mentioned here-
above, for the use of the Rhode Island
Electric Company and its successors,
by a way 20 feet wide, running from the
main road, through the premises,
to the shore of the pond, and further
subject to a certain Mortgage of the
Rhode Island State Credit Institution
in the Town of Westerly, Rhode
Island, and further subject to a
mortgage of the Rhode Island State
Credit Institution in the Town of Wes-
terly, R. I., with a Right of Way 20
feet wide, in and on the Premises,
inclusive, as shown on said mortgage,
and further subject to a Right of Way
20 feet wide, in and on the Premises,
et seq., starting from the initial
point, which is on the east side of the
main road, and running thence easterly
to the shore of the pond, and further
subject to a Right of Way 20 feet
wide, in and on the Premises, for the
Rhode Island State Credit Corporation
granting a right of way for the pur-
pose of laying and maintaining a pipe
feed to the eastward along the pond,
and further subject to a Right of Way
20 feet wide, in and on the Premises,
and then piping along the north edge
of the said easement, continuing east-
erly to the shore of the pond.
The premises are further subject to all
legal police all of which have been
referred to in the deeds of record.
* Conveyance will be made subject
to lead, water, gas, sewer, electric, and
telephone pipes, and other utilities,
which constitutes a lien thereon.
By order of the Mortgagee.
Any person having any interest in
which hereby gives notice of his
intention to foreclose the same, or
any postponement or adjournment
thereof.
Westerly, R. I. December 4, 1934.
Said notice was published in the Westerly
Daily Sun a public newspaper printed in the said
Town of Westerly, twenty (20) times, to wit: on the
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 26th
and 27th days of December, 1934; that said sale was
made at public auction at the time and place designated
in said notice, and the premises sold by Russell L.
Slocum a duly qualified auctioneer.
ARTHUR L. PERRY.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND )
Washington, Ss. )
In Westerly in said County, this 4th day of Jan-
uary, A. D. 1935, personally appeared before me the
above named Arthur L. Perry and made oath that the above
statement by him subscribed is true.
DAVID ROBERTSON
Notary Public.
Received for record February 23rd, A. D. 1935 at 9:00 o'clock, A. M., and
recorded by [Signature]
Town Clerk.