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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, March 14th 74
Henry C. Crane, Esq.
New York
Dear Sir,
Mr Baker's letter announcing your expected arrival was duly recd.  Since mine of 27th ulto enclosing a Bond, with explanations, I have made another sale, viz E 1/2 of SW 31.80.8 = 80 acres @ $12 50/100 per acre = $1.000 = Terms $300 cash, bal 1, 2 & 3 years, 10% interest annually and herewith enclose a Bond for a Deed which please execute, if regular, with the one for Mrs L C Waterman and return --
This land in 31 is three miles farther from Oxford depot than that sold to Waterman at $20, and is well sold. 
Let me hear from you, so that if we can't promise a Bond for a Deed we shall know it when a sale is made.  I suppose they would take my assurance that it would be all right bye and bye, if you dont wish to sign these bonds --
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, March 14th 74 Henry C. Crane, Esq. New York Dear Sir, Mr Baker's letter announcing your expected arrival was duly recd. Since mine of 27th ulto enclosing a Bond, with explanations, I have made another sale, viz E 1/2 of SW 31.80.8 = 80 acres @ $12 50/100 per acre = $1.000 = Terms $300 cash, bal 1, 2 & 3 years, 10% interest annually and herewith enclose a Bond for a Deed which please execute, if regular, with the one for Mrs L C Waterman and return -- This land in 31 is three miles farther from Oxford depot than that sold to Waterman at $20, and is well sold. Let me hear from you, so that if we can't promise a Bond for a Deed we shall know it when a sale is made. I suppose they would take my assurance that it would be all right bye and bye, if you dont wish to sign these bonds -- Yours truly Jno L Coffin