Topic: Business and Industry / Contributor: Pipestone County Historical Society / Contributor: Hughes, James E.

Creator:: Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1887-10-15
Description:: This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Close Brothers & Company for A.W.J. Montgomerie, and James E. Hughes of Mills County, Iowa. It is for the east half of Section 3 in Township 11 South, of Range 24 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 328.34 acres for the sum of $2298.38 from October 15, 1887 until cancellation for nonpayment in 1895. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Contributing Institution:: Pipestone County Historical Society
Type:: Text
Format:: Contracts

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