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On [[April 19]], [[1861]], Springfield city father [[Briggs, Elias|Elias M. Briggs]] and his wife, Mary, sold the bulk of the 640-acre donation land claim that comprises what is now downtown Springfield to Priscilla Thompson for $8,500.
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In 1864, Thomson and her husband William, sold the land to R.E. Stratten and B.J. Pengra for $11,000, and Stratten and Pengra in turn sold part of it to the Springfield Manufacturing Company. Another parcel went to the Springfield Investment and Power Company.
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Several transactions and divisions later, Amy and E. Maude carved out a 50-foot-by-119-foot lot and sold it to John B. Innis for $150 on Feb. 9, 1982. Innis and his wife, Mary, immediately borrowed $250 to build the two-story house that still stands at 637 B St.
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'''1.''' Springfield News, "History in the Remaking." Wednesday, '''[[October 23]]''', [[1991]].
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