Letter to Charles Platt from Gordon Mead Regarding the Boise Farm, 1916

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Letter to Charles Platt from Gordon Mead Regarding the Boise Farm, 1916

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2024.9.152

Scope and Content

In this letter of February 19, 1916, Mead states to Platt that Boice’s price is too high and critiques the farm while noting that “the place has possibilities.” He offers a price of $14,000 (versus Bocie’s asking price of $17,000 as per another entry), and states that the offer must be accepted soon or it will be withdrawn, given that spring planting is approaching. NOTE: The spelling of the farm is Boice or Boise, it varies across documents.

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Mead, George Gordon, Jr., Platt, Charles, Boice Farm