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Land Contract #1129 between Alfred A. Frank and Close Brothers & Company, Trego County, Kansas

Land Contract #1129 between Alfred A. Frank and Close Brothers & Company, Trego County, Kansas
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Alfred A. Frank of Mitchell County, Kansas. It is for the northwest quarter of Section 19 in Township 13 South, of Range 25 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This land is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 166.36 acres for the sum of $1,081.34 and includes a detail of payment made between January 5, 1887, and January 15, 1894. 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 the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
1887-01-05
English
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