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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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acres in all - On examination of some old deeds loaned me by a brother of the late George B Sargent, I cant find any description, except that referring to this 19 34/100 acres now claimed by the said Mary Sargent - still the land you represent may be some other tract - Please give me what light you can - I have found a real estate man who says he is well acquainted with shore property in that locality - he resides there six months in the year, at "Norman's Woe" the scene of Longfellow's poem "Wreck of the Hesperus" Yours truly Jno. L Coffin John. L. Coffin Feb 9. 1876
 
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