Land Contract #1721 between W.G. Powers and Close Brothers & Company, Pipestone County, Minnesota
- Land Contract #1721 between W.G. Powers and Close Brothers & Company, Pipestone County, Minnesota
- This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and W.G. Powers of Linn County, Iowa. It is for the southwest quarter of Section 33 in Township 105 North, of Range 46 west of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Eden Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,160 and includes a detail of payment made between June 6, 1888, and cancellation January, 1891. 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.
- 1888-06-06
- English
- 1721
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