Land Contract #1697 between Hermann Voss and Close Brothers & Company, 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 Hermann Voss of Scott County, Iowa. It is for the southwest quarter of Section 33 in Township of 9 South, of Range 24 West of the sixth principal meridian. This land is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,200 and includes a detail of payment made between April 18, 1888, and cancelled for nonpayment in November, 1892. 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.
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Pipestone County Historical Society
1888
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| Online Access: | https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/pipe:1546 |