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Land Contract #1221 between Frank Specht Jr. and Close Brothers & Company, Graham County, Kansas

Land Contract #1221 between Frank Specht Jr. and Close Brothers & Company, Graham County, Kansas
This contract, for a piece of land in Graham County, Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Frank Specht Jr. of Marshall County, Illinois. It is for the Southeast quarter of Section 19 of Township 8 south, range 24 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $960 and includes detail of payment made between March 7, 1887, and March 6, 1897. 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.
1887-03-07
English
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