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John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, correspondence with land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 2, 1868-1874

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John L. Coffin, Iowa Land Agency, 130 State St, Boston } Offices. { Davenport, Iowa. Lands bought and sold. Mortgages negotiated. Taxes paid. Old patent titles investigated. PO Box 3106 Boston, July 18th, 1873 T.C. Durant, Esq. 20 Nassau St. N.Y. Dear Sir, I send you to day per Adams Express - the map of your Marengo Lots to be signed by you and acknowledged before any Notary Public, who must affix his seal -- Then it can be sent to my address at Davenport -- The Supervisors have graciously waited on me three months, until your return, to get this Plat on record -- A deed for James Martin wants attention, sent you last February -- Yours truly Jno L. Coffin
 
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