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Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #1360 for Frank Taylor, Graham County, Kansas

Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #1360 for Frank Taylor, 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 Taylor of Adams County, Nebraska. It is for the Southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 9 south, of range 25 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,120 and includes detail of payments made between June 3, 1887 and cancellation for nonpayment in 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 business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
1887-06-03
English
1360
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