I think I found some important papers

[BuzzKillington]

I found papers for the purchase of 160 acres and a patent document signed by Woodrow Wilson.

The land was purchased in "The year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred EIGHTEEN"

The patent was from 1899 and shows capital of $100,000. O.o

"Interstate Colonization Company, Inc."

I'm not sure what to make of it. Could it be worth anything?


http://maps.google.com/maps?q=103+16th+st+e,+minneapolis+minn&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=bEJMSvqJNYquMNOw6PAD&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1

[aintnothang]

I'm sure its worth something.

[BuzzKillington]

It's a "land patent." whatever that is.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7051/johnbaysingerlandpatent.gif

This is a picture I found on google.


I looked up the patent numbers before hand and found that it was from 1899... I take it land patents are different from a product patent.

[BuzzKillington]

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Image.asp?PatentDocClassCode=SER&Accession=621947&Format=SmallGIF&Page=1&Index=3&QryID=10678.9

government has it on file...


if that doesn't work, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ConvertedImages/621947_1_LargeGIF.GIF