Creator
Thomas Magee & Son's
Recipient
Helen Muir
Transcription
WILLIAM A MAGEE
THOMAS MAGEE
FREDERIC E MAGEE
THOMAS MAGEE AND SONS
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
PUBLISHERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REAL ESTATE CIRCULAR
TELEPHONE
TEMPORARY 563
Temporally, 22 GEARY ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
July 17, 1907
Mrs. Helen Muir,
Martinez, Contra Costa Co.,
Cal.
Dear Madam:
We are offered $3,000 in cash, and lot 25 x 100 on east side of Potrero avenue, between 17th and Mariposa, as shown on diagram enclosed, for your lot 77 x 100 on the northwest corner of Utah and Mariposa.
The Potrero-avenue lot, in common with nearly all the balance of the block, some of which is improved, is 12 to 15 feet above grade. Potrero avenue is bituminized, and the Ocean Shore Railroad turns into it at Mariposa, and continues along the avenue for several blocks. In our opinion the valuation of $2,000 for this lot is a trifle high, but it would sell for $1,600 or $1,800 more readily, perhaps, than your corner of Utah and Mariposa would sell for $4,800 or $5,000.
The party making this offer is the same who offered $3,500 cash some time ago, and is the only buyer who has made any bona fide offer, or who has evinced any interest in the property. Of course, he would have to agree to convey to you unincumbered title to the Potrero-avenue lot, in the event of your acceptance. His desire is to at once improve the corner of Utah and Mariposa with dwellings, and the neighboring property would naturally derive benefit from this improvement.
Please let us hear from you as soon as possible, and oblige,
Yours truly,
[illegible]
JJD
06231
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1907 Jul 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Thomas Magee & Son's, "Letter from Thomas Magee & Son's to Helen Muir, 1907 Jul 17." (1907). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3716.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3716
Resource Identifier
muir16_0835-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0835
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
