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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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Address P.O. Box 3106
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.
Boston, February 27th, 1874
Hy C. Crane, Esq.
20 Nassau St., New York
My dear Sir,
We have sold to Mr L. G. Waterman, of Oxford, Johnson Co., Iowa, the SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 21.Tp 80 N. Range 8 West = 40 acres, in said County, at $20 per acre - Terms, cash $100. balance 166.66 to make 1/3d of purchase money, in six months from Feby 23d, 74, $266 67/100 in one year and 266 67/100 in two years, with 10% interest payable annually on deferred payments. - The purchaser is a responsible and reliable man -- 
I enclose a Bond for a Warranty Deed, and presuming the Doctor is still absent, would suggest that you sign it as attorney, if all right, and acknowledge before any Notary -- and although you may have no written power, it will no doubt be satisfactory to Mr Waterman upon my explanation of your agency for T. C. Durant -- please return to me when executed -- We have just finished paying last year's taxes and T C D 's a/c and statement will soon be rendered.  
Yours truly
Jno L. Coffin

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Address P.O. Box 3106 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. Boston, February 27th, 1874 Hy C. Crane, Esq. 20 Nassau St., New York My dear Sir, We have sold to Mr L. G. Waterman, of Oxford, Johnson Co., Iowa, the SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 21.Tp 80 N. Range 8 West = 40 acres, in said County, at $20 per acre - Terms, cash $100. balance 166.66 to make 1/3d of purchase money, in six months from Feby 23d, 74, $266 67/100 in one year and 266 67/100 in two years, with 10% interest payable annually on deferred payments. - The purchaser is a responsible and reliable man -- I enclose a Bond for a Warranty Deed, and presuming the Doctor is still absent, would suggest that you sign it as attorney, if all right, and acknowledge before any Notary -- and although you may have no written power, it will no doubt be satisfactory to Mr Waterman upon my explanation of your agency for T. C. Durant -- please return to me when executed -- We have just finished paying last year's taxes and T C D 's a/c and statement will soon be rendered. Yours truly Jno L. Coffin