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John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, correspondence with land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 4, 1875-1881

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AM May 15/75
Coffin & Henry, 130 State St., Boston.} Offices:} Davenport, Iowa.
Iowa lands bought, sold, and managed.   Iowa farm mortgages for sale.
Boston, May 14th 1875
H C Crane Esq.,  Atty.
20 Wassau St- New York
Dear Sir, Edmonds & Ransom, of Iowa City, and Wright & Whitman of Des Moines, counsel in the cases in which judgment for costs appears vs Thos C Durant appears as an incumbrence in title to lands in Story Co. for which you made deed to T.C. McCall, having failed to remove said liens and being unable to get them to do so, are hereby [enclosed?] in a/c current from Sep 2' 74, showing all transactions since that date and embracing settlement with McCall, also his two Notes of $400- each, recorded Mortgage and Jno L Coffin's check to your order on the Nat'l Exchange Bank for Three hundred & forty two and 42/100ths dollars for balance due you - Mr. McCall may demur at paying his notes until these liens are removed, but we have done all in our power to [wipe?] them out and conclude to let matters take their course - Please acknowledge receipt -
Yours truly
Coffin & Henry

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AM May 15/75 Coffin & Henry, 130 State St., Boston.} Offices:} Davenport, Iowa. Iowa lands bought, sold, and managed. Iowa farm mortgages for sale. Boston, May 14th 1875 H C Crane Esq., Atty. 20 Wassau St- New York Dear Sir, Edmonds & Ransom, of Iowa City, and Wright & Whitman of Des Moines, counsel in the cases in which judgment for costs appears vs Thos C Durant appears as an incumbrence in title to lands in Story Co. for which you made deed to T.C. McCall, having failed to remove said liens and being unable to get them to do so, are hereby [enclosed?] in a/c current from Sep 2' 74, showing all transactions since that date and embracing settlement with McCall, also his two Notes of $400- each, recorded Mortgage and Jno L Coffin's check to your order on the Nat'l Exchange Bank for Three hundred & forty two and 42/100ths dollars for balance due you - Mr. McCall may demur at paying his notes until these liens are removed, but we have done all in our power to [wipe?] them out and conclude to let matters take their course - Please acknowledge receipt - Yours truly Coffin & Henry