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Aug 1907

Mon 19 
Mrs S. C Lytle came to our house to stay a week

Tues 20
Nice day

Wed 21
Land agt " came to Auntie about selling her farm

"  "
she went to McKeesport on evening train

Thr 22
Auntie came home and Mr took her up to her farm to meet the buyer. She sold the farm for $70 dollars per acre

Fri 23 
Mr H took Auntie to Monongahela

Sat 24
Mr H took Aunt Jane to R.B. McKinneys in Elizabeth to see her sister Laetitia.

"
Took Mrs Lytle over to her son [?], J P Lytle

Sun 25 
At home. Clear day cool

Mon 26 
Mr. H and Aunt Jane went to pittsburgh to get deed made for the sale of her farm

Notes and Illustrations

Land Agents

Land agents played a significant role in managing large estates for wealthy landowners in the early 1900s, they were not typically employed by executors settling modest estates. The settlement of smaller estates was generally handled directly by executors, often using simplified legal procedures designed for that purpose.