Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1891-06-13
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company, and W.W. Gaston of Tama County, Iowa. It is for the north half of Section 16, Township 108 North, Range 46 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Altona Township, Pipestone County, MInnesota. The contract involves 320 acres for the sum of $3120 and includes a detail of payment made between June 13, 1891 and October 1899. 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.
A contract for the sale of land from John Bardwell of London, to Charles Bardwell of Birmingham, England, in June of 1656. The document is hand-scribed on parchment.