This letter clarifies the boundaries and property lines of two plots of land that the board considered to purchase as a future library site. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis undated letter expresses the library board’s interest in purchasing a lot of land for $10,900, to be purchased with the income from a tax levy. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter to the library board describes a lot of land in Council Bluffs and offers to sell it as the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from J.W. Shumway of Omaha, offers to sell a plot of land comprised of two lots to the library board. This site is being sold for $3,500 and is intended to be the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis is a letter to the library board proposing to sell a plot of land to serve as the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from E. S. Platner, via the D.J. Hutchison & Co. real estate company proposes to sell a plot of land to the library for $8,500. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from H. D. Emery to the library board is offering to sell a portion of two lots as well as an eight room house for $3,500. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis is a portion of a letter proposing to sell two lots to the library board as a proposed site for construction of the library for $14,000. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from D.L. Ross, attorney, proposes to sell a plot of land with a building on it to the library for $13,000. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from E.E. Shugart offers to sell a portion of two different lots to the library board. This sites is being sold for $10,000 and is intended to be the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from E.L. Woodbury and W.S. Cooper offers to sell three different sites, comprised of several different lots, to the library board. These sites range in price between $5,000 and $8,000 and are intended to be the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from F.T. Seybert offers to sell a portion of three different lots to the library board. These sites is being sold for $18,000 and is intended to be the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from Lougee & Lougee, investment bankers, offers to sell a plot of land with buildings to the library board. This site is being sold for $16,900 or $15,000 without the building and is intended to be the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThese are two copies of letters from the library board to townspeople offering to sell land to serve as a future library site. The letters ask for more information about the specifics of the land offered and what expenses may be associated with acquiring the land. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from H.D. Emery to the library board is in response to a request for more information about a proposed plot of land. The letter clarifies taxes and mortgages on the land, whether the existing building can be retained, and revises the price to $3,700. 2 pages. Source: Council Bluffs Public Library
This letter to the library board describes land for sale and some of the specific costs associated with it. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis is a formal sales offer submitted to the library board for a plot of land, without buildings, for $9,000. The preceding sales bid had listed the area of land as smaller than that actually offered, but had included the buildings. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter was drafted to the library board tracing the ownership of a plot of land held by the Shugarts. The letter notes that the land title is held somewhat ambiguously. 2 pages. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from E.J. Woodbury offers to sell the Library Board a plot of land for $5,000 as the site of a future library. Source: Council Bluffs Public LibraryThis letter from Sarah E. Pusey, a resident of Council Bluffs, offers to sell a plot of land to the library board for $9,000. The land was jointly inherited by Pusey and her siblings from their father, W.H.M. Pusey and appears to be a follow-up on a previous higher asking price. Source: Council Bluffs Public Library
