Land Contract #1663 between Gustaf Johnson and Close Brothers & Company, Trego County, Kansas
- Land Contract #1663 between Gustaf Johnson 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 Frederick Pennington of England, and Gustaf Johnson of Knox County, Illinois. It is for the southeast quarter of Section 31 in Township 13 South, of Range 22 West of the sixth principal meridian. This land is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,160 and includes a detail of payment made between January 13, 1888, and paid in full February 2, 1892. 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.
- 1888-01-13
- English
- 1663
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