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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880
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A. Money advanced. 353 - Q. To whom? A. The Contractors. 354 Q. What became of these bonds? A. I surrendered them to the Company when I took this 450 or 425 thousand - when I settled with them 355 - Q. And did you surrender any other bonds at that time? A. No, I had no other bonds. 356. Q. Did you have any land Land Grant Bonds? A. No- 357 - Q. The 450 or 425 thousand dollars worth of bonds which you took on settlement, what did you do with them? A. Well I used them. Some of them I sold 358 - Q. How did you use them? A. By selling them. Some of them I borrowed money on, they were limited to 400 thousand- I did n't - could nt borrow money on Land Grant bonds until I took them; they were not [illegible]. 359 - Q. You sold them? A. Yes sir. 360 - Q. Do you recollect who you sold them to? A. No I sold them at different times 361 Q. And did you surrender to the Company all of the 450 thousand and 640 thousand
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A. Money advanced. 353 - Q. To whom? A. The Contractors. 354 Q. What became of these bonds? A. I surrendered them to the Company when I took this 450 or 425 thousand - when I settled with them 355 - Q. And did you surrender any other bonds at that time? A. No, I had no other bonds. 356. Q. Did you have any land Land Grant Bonds? A. No- 357 - Q. The 450 or 425 thousand dollars worth of bonds which you took on settlement, what did you do with them? A. Well I used them. Some of them I sold 358 - Q. How did you use them? A. By selling them. Some of them I borrowed money on, they were limited to 400 thousand- I did n't - could nt borrow money on Land Grant bonds until I took them; they were not [illegible]. 359 - Q. You sold them? A. Yes sir. 360 - Q. Do you recollect who you sold them to? A. No I sold them at different times 361 Q. And did you surrender to the Company all of the 450 thousand and 640 thousand
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