Real estate business

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This file contains one letter addressed to the comptroller of the state of New York, prepared by Hiland Hill Jr., treasurer of the Catskill Mountain Association, listing real estate valuations in the Catskill, New York, area.

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This file contains a letter from Hugh Coperlin to Gaston, describing a sale of land Coperlin wants transacted.

Scope and Contents This file contains two letters on the same sheet of paper. The longer of the two was written by John A. Norr from Russellville, Alabama, on January 8, 1844, and concerns the debts and land transactions of a Colonel Jones and James E. Jones. This letter was notarized on May 18, 1844, by Felix G. Norman. The letter by Richard Jones was written from Aberdeen, Mississippi, and dated January 18, 1844. It asks the recipient to "make such disposition of my business as you may deem proper ... ."...

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Two bound volumes, one a daybook covering August 1, 1887 through August 1, 1888, the other an index.

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This file contains one two-page letter from Geo Stubb in Alphena, Michigan, to Ren S. S. Clark in Detroit, asking Clark to participate in developing and selling plots of land Stubb owns on Lake Eream.

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This file contains five typed letters to Miss Sophie M. Taylor of Woodhull, Illinois, from two individuals at companies in Kansas regarding the lease or sale of land for oil and gas speculation. Two of the letters are from M. K. Cardell at Citizens State/Exchange Bank in Little River, Kansas, sent in 1941 and 1944. Three are from Earl M. Knighton, Oil and Gas Leases, Wichita, Kansas.

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Records of the granting of letters testamentary, settling estates and guardianships, and other matters, 1863.

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This file contains two letters from Richard A. Geuss to the editors of the Lenora News and the Hill City Times newspapers, both of Kansas. He encloses the text of an advertisement for land that he wishes to sell in Graham County and asks that it be placed in the papers for a specified period of time.

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This file contains a document describing the sale of a parcel of land in Cahaba, Alabama, from Robert and Lucinda Sharp to Peter Mastin, who paid them four hundred dollars for it. The official document, called a "Deed with Warranty and Relinquishment of Dower," was printed in Montgomery, Alabama.

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This file contains thirty-six letters and nine records belonging to Thomas J. Campbell, a lawyer and businessman in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, who had business dealings with men from all over Kentucky and surrounding areas, mostly regarding the buying and selling of land.

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This file contains a letter from W. Divine and T. G. Ferrclo in Sycamore, Illinois, to S. E. Jones in Iowa Falls, Iowa. They discuss business involving the acquisition of land in Minnesota.

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This file contains a bill of sale for a one-third interest in a parcel of land located in Birmingham, Alabama, owned by W. P. Harvey and being transferred to T. T. Eaton. The lot was located on the corner of Avenue A and 21st Street and was sold for the sum of $5,800.00. The bill of sale is written on stationery from The Florence House.

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This file contains letters to Will R. Thorpe of Milton Junction, Wisconsin, from F. C. Buten of Chicago, Illinois, concerning the sale of some property of Buten's.

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This file contains a letter from William H. Crins, in Providence, to Mr. H. M. Sawtelle, answering a letter from Sawtelle concerning a real estate deal for "the Virginia property."