Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #2749, Charles Albert Wheatly, Trego County, Kansas
- Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #2749, Charles Albert Wheatly, 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 Charles Albert Wheatly of Lyon County, Iowa. It is for the northwest quarer of Section 9, Township 14 South, of Range 21 West of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1160 and includes a detail of payment made between March 9, 1893 and cancellation for nonpayment in September 1896. 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.
- 1893-03-09
- English
- 2749
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