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Scope and Content

Three copies, one on paper, the other two on onion skin, of a letter to the Bank of California regarding the sale of property from the Western Mercury Company to S. D. Balch and H. W. Gould worth $85,000. The letter discusses the details of the sale, including the payment plan and when title will be transferred. The letters appear to be a draft version of 2023.02.170. 2023.02.171A is on paper from Joseph G. De Forest, is signed by Andrew Rocca, Jr., the secretary of the Western Mercury Co., Balch, and Gould, and is heavily annotated. 2023.02.171B is on onion skin and signed by the same people as .171A. 2023.02.171C is unsigned.

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