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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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John L. Coffin,
Iowa Land Agency,
Davenport, Iowa, Offices: 130 State St., Boston. P.O. Box 1154
Taxes paid.  Collections made.  Western Lands, Bonds, and Mortgages for sale.

Boston, Dec 29th 1874
H.C. Crane, Esq, Atty etc
20 Nassau St. New York
Dear Sir,
The original Plat of Marengo lots made by Peter H Dey in 1862 & '66, some time, was said to have been lost.  In June, 1866, Luke Baldwin, of Marengo, bought the first lot sold and TC Durant conveyed it to him by [meter?] and bounds, the measurement having been ascertained by a surveyor who was employed with Dey in the original survey and thought, no doubt, he was getting the lot correct according to Dey's survey.  It appears that the Plat recorded the past summer, which was copied by B. Brayton, Surveyor, from a copy of the original Plat

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John L. Coffin, Iowa Land Agency, Davenport, Iowa, Offices: 130 State St., Boston. P.O. Box 1154 Taxes paid. Collections made. Western Lands, Bonds, and Mortgages for sale. Boston, Dec 29th 1874 H.C. Crane, Esq, Atty etc 20 Nassau St. New York Dear Sir, The original Plat of Marengo lots made by Peter H Dey in 1862 & '66, some time, was said to have been lost. In June, 1866, Luke Baldwin, of Marengo, bought the first lot sold and TC Durant conveyed it to him by [meter?] and bounds, the measurement having been ascertained by a surveyor who was employed with Dey in the original survey and thought, no doubt, he was getting the lot correct according to Dey's survey. It appears that the Plat recorded the past summer, which was copied by B. Brayton, Surveyor, from a copy of the original Plat