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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ERNEST ALFRED ELDRIDGE, single, of the
Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for consideration paid,
grant to ERNEST J. TINKHAM, of said Town, County and State with MORTGAGE COVENANTS, to se-
cure the payment of FOUR THOUSAND (4000) DOLLARS in one year and with interest at five (5)
per centum, per annum, payable quarterly, in advance beginning October 1, 1935, as provided
in a certain negotiable promissory note of even date herewith.
That certain real estate situated in Charlestown, County of Washington, in the
State of Rhode Island, and described as follows:
That certain tract or parcel of land situated at Quonocutong beach, in said Town
of Charlestown, to occur with the buildings and improvements thereon standing, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly side of the Town Highway at the northeast-
erly corner of the hereby conveyed tract and the northeasterly corner of the premises, now
or formerly, of John H. Rathbun; thence northerlyward, bounds northerly by said Highway,
a distance of forty-five (45) feet to the line of Rutherford H. Snow, et ux; thence south-
easterly, bounded easterly by said Snow land, a distance of two hundred fifty (250) feet, more
or less, to the Beachway, and the southeasterly corner of the hereby conveyed premises;
thence easterly a distance of forty-five (45) feet to the southeasterly corner of the here-
by conveyed premises and the southerly corner of said Rathbun land; thence northerly,
bounded easterly by said Rathbun land, a distance of two hundred fifty (250) feet, more or
less, to the point of place and of beginning, or however else the same may be bounded or
described.
This mortgage is made under the STATUTORY CONDITION and WITH THE STATUTORY POWER
OF SALE.
WITNESS my hand this 21st day of September, 1935.
ERNEST ALFRED ELDRIDGE.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND)
County of Washington )
In Charlestown on the 21st day of September, 1935 before me personally appeared
Ernest Alfred Eldridge, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing
instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed.
LEON L. BROWN
Notary Public.
Received for record September 21st, A. D. 1935 at 3:15 o'clock, p. m., and
recorded by
Town Clerk.
I, the undersigned, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage,
recorded in the records of the land evidence in the Town of Charlestown in the State of Rhode
Island, in volume 126 of the records No. 26 on page 187, hereby cancel and discharge the same.
and Loanwant to and with the per centum interest and all payments that I am the mortgagor of
said mortgage. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of
January 1939.
ERNEST W. TINKHAM (SEAL)
Witness: E. M. Eldridge
Received for record December 14th, A. D. 1946 at 4:00 o'clock p. m., and recorded by
Town Clerk