This contract, for a piece of land in Sioux County, Iowa, is between Close Brothers & Company for Benjamin Heape and John Husman of Plymouth County, Iowa. It is for the southeast quarter of Section 26 in Township 94 North, of Range 47 west of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Washington Township, Sioux County, Iowa. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $3,360 and includes a detail of payment made between September 8, 1886, and paid in full May 20, 1895. 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.