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John L. Coffin, land agent in Davenport, Iowa, correspondence with land speculator Thomas Clark Durant in New York, part 3, 1874

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Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 21 1874 Henry C. Crane, Esq. Atty Dear Sir: Your telegram of this date received as follows: "when will mortgage be here:, & has been answered that "mortgages being recorded. May reach you in a week". That is, the mortgages of John Scanlon and Lanhard Brack - are not yet returned from being recorded, these being the only two outstanding. Louise C. Waterman gave no mortgage but paid off her notes and I remitted 16th inst. rendering a/c also. I have been hurrying the recording as much as I can & hope the mortgages will be completed the forepart of next week. Resp'y Jno. L. Coffin per J. Howard Henry
 
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