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John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, correspondence with land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 1, 1859-1868

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John L. Coffin, Land, Tax-Paying & Commission Agency. Hageboeck & Bro. Davenport Davenport, Iowa July 21 1862 T. C. Durant Esq Dear Sir, I have to advise you in haste of the total destruction this afternoon, by fire, of the [name?] Mill and two of the five stores. Judge Grant, as Receiver, had the property insured for $30 or $35,000. Yours Truly Jn L Coffin
 
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